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Farms are being divided into new and better improved homes, 

 and with these changes and improvements comes a desire for informa- 

 tion as to what varieties of trees to plant, how to cultivate, etc. 



Requests have been received by the officers of our county society 

 to reorganize and re-establish our horticultural work here. This we 

 intend to do very soon, but we find it takes as much time and effort 

 to do this as it did to form a first organization. 



Our recent partial failures in fruit-crops are the cause of most of 

 this lethargy. We know that we have the material here for good and 

 efficient work. We have the soil, we have a climate equal to any in 

 Southwest Missouri for fruit-growing, and we know from our past ex- 

 perience that we have as many zealous friends of horticulture as may 

 be found in the same area anywhere in the West. 



We know that our next county report will be nearer what it ought 

 to be, for so good a county, and we believe that by the help of many 

 new workers we will within a year be up to our former standard as a 

 horticultural society. Charles J. Robards, 



President Bates Co. Horticultural Society. 



ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY. 



Farmtngton Mo., Dec. 1, 1894. 

 L. A. Goodman, Secretary State Horticultural Society : 



Dear Sir — As the State Society requested to have a report of 

 the local societies in the State, and as the St. Francois Horticultural 

 Society met today and elected their officers for the next year. 



The officers that were elected are as follows : For president, R. 

 O. Tucker; vice-president, B. C. McDaniel ; secretary, W. F. Hoy; 

 treasurer, Marion Carter. 



We have a membership of 16, and have a good prospect for the 

 future, as there had expected to be a number of others join the Society 

 today, but the weather was so bad and rained all day, that it pre- 

 vented them coming into our meeting. 



Yours truly, 



W. F. Hoy, Secretary, 

 R. C. Tucker, President. 



Farmington, Mo., Dec. 1, 1894. 

 L. A. Goodman, Secretary : 



Dear Sir — There is but little report to make this year, as it was a 

 total failure in fruit, except raspberries, strawberries and grapes. 

 Strawberries were about two-thirds of a crop, raspberries about two- 

 thirds and blackberries half crop ; too dry ; grapes a full crop ; ap- 



