WINTER MEETING. J.8& 



and trust in God, fight manfully the great battle of life, and you need 

 not, can not and will not fail. 



And to you, rich men, that have an abundance — I don't mean an 

 abundance of everything that is good and desirable, but those who 

 have such an abundance of land that it gives you an abundance of 

 work and trouble to look after it — you, who are land-poor, and don't 

 know the comforts of a good, quiet, luxurious home, that you might 

 have, and are robbing yourself and your family that you don't have it,, 

 permit me to beg of you to cease your scramble for more land. Im- 

 prove what you have ; if you cannot, then sell part of it and improve 

 the balance. Plant fruit and ornamental trees, vines and shrubs ; make 

 home attractive and the most cheery spot on earth. Encourage your 

 poor neighbor to own a home, if only a few acres, rather than to pay 

 rent. Encourage him to engage in fruit-growing and gardening, that 

 he may be self-reliant and self-supporting; by so doing you will assist 

 in relieving society of one of its greatest burdens, make the community 

 in which you live better and happier, and our government stronger ; for 

 so long as the masses of the American people live in their own com- 

 fortable and happy homes, with no aristocratic landlords to lord it over 

 and rob and oppress them, we need not fear the wild and ruthless 

 waves of anarchy and communism. 



Music : Trio — Mesdames DeBolt, Shreeves and Conners. 



Thursday, Dec. 6 — 9 a. m. 



The following papers were read, and then discussion followed : 



"Vineyards" — H. Seaver, Jennings, Mo. 



"Grapes for Money" — G. F. Espenlaub, Kosedale, Kas. 



The Vineyard. 



By H. Seaver, Jennings, Mo. 



My dear friends of the Missouri State Horticultural Society: I 

 was a little surprised when I received from Secretary Goodman a 

 request to attend the meeting of the horticuliurists of Missouri, and to 

 read a paper upon the vineyard. But I must confess that the prospect 

 of meeting with the members of a society so distinguished for its zeal 

 and intelligence in the pursuit of horticulture was very pleasant to 

 me. I was also more than pleased to learn that there was sufiicient 

 interest felt by Mr. Goodman in the vineyard to desire a paper from 

 me on that subject, although I felt my inability to say much that would 

 be new or interesting to a society already so well informed in this and 

 every other branch of our favorite pursuit. The grape, with its cul- 



