SUMMER MEETING. 27 



County societies have been increasing in number since last we 

 met, and interest seems to be awakened in very many new localities. 

 Shannon county, Madison county, Miller county and St. Francois 

 county have all taken hold of the fruit business, and are letting people 

 know what they have in the way of fruit lands, developing their own 

 lands and studying how best to grow the fruits and care for them. All 

 these county workers accomplish much more than any of them think;; 

 their influence spreads and grows as their knowledge increases. It is 

 the old story of ], 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc., and the results are often not seen 

 until many years after. The social gathering of these meetings, the 

 discussions of all troubles, trials, successes and failures, cannot but be- 

 of help to every one in their line of work. 



After our return from the work of packing up at Chicago the 

 exhibit there shown for six months, and its shipment to the St. Louis 

 Exposition, I received a number of letters from the general manager,. 

 Mr. Frank Gaiennie, asking me to take charge of the exhibit there for 

 the show next fall. After a number of letters back and forth. I told 

 him that I would accept if the Executive Committee of this Society 

 would sanction an exhibit this fall, and the Society would lend its 

 influence and assistance and the Exposition would bear the expense of 

 the display. In answer, I received the following letters: 



St. Louis, Feb. 22, 1894. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman, Secretary Horticultural Society, Westport, Mo. : 



Dear Sir— I wish now to say I will accept your kind offer of co-operation, and will now 

 state what my ob.ject Is : that Is, to liave most of the fruit in the jars replaced, and to [have- 

 an exhibit of this year's fruit similar to the one at the Chicago fair, showing the fruits on 

 plates. I will be glad to have your ladvlce In regard to |how I shall iproceed, which I pro- 

 pose to place under your direction. 



Please write me fully, and oblige. Yours truly, 



Frank Gaiennie, 



General Manager. 



St. Louis, Mo. , March 5, 1894. 

 Mr. L. a. Goodman, Jefferson City, Mo. : 



Yours of March 3 to hand and noted. Can I depend upon you to assist me in doing 

 whatever is necessary? I will arrange whatever Is necessary to procure the necessary fruit 

 and etc., so as to make a creditable display. I will soon begin to put the whole business in 

 shape. Awaiting your favorable reply, Yours truly, 



Frank Gaiennie, 



General Manager. 



I then wrote to every member of the Executive Committee, and 

 they expressed themselves in favor of the Society taking hold of thi& 

 matter and making a grand display of fruits in St. Louis at its Expo- 

 sition this next fall. 



