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by the way, who Hves at Utica, raises some very fine raspberries, and 

 he says that he makes more on raspberries than anything else. As to our 

 Horticultural Society, we have usually about 12 to 15 at our meetings, 

 but the same ones on an average. We think the fruit prospects for 

 Livingston county are good. 



Mr. Atwood, Springfield, Mo. — It seems to me it is proper to say 

 that we have about 30 societies west of Springfield on the 'Frisco line, 

 co-operative, and they are all in fine shape, with a few exceptions. Our 

 strawberry season last year was the finest we ever had ; not the largest 

 crop, but we made more money. Our growers made more money last 

 season than ever before. The average was at least $1.40 on track, and 

 most of the berries were sold on track. We shipped at least two 

 hundred carloads. 



Mr. Butler. — I believe I am the only representative from DeKalb 

 county. I report very favorably for our county. A few orchards bore 

 perhaps one-half to two-thirds of a crop of apples. My orchard seemed 

 to be one of the poor ones. I packed a few of my apples that I thought 

 good enough for cold storage for later use. I found the home market 

 good for the rest that I had, and the most of my fruit I sold to farmers 

 that ought to have grown their own fruit. DeKalb county is behind in 

 th'is line. We can grow our own fruit, but the trouble is to make the 

 people believe it. 



There are not many strawberries grown in our county, not because 

 they are not a success, but because they don't take much interest in them. 

 I had about a half of a crop, but they brought me as much as a whole 

 crop would ordinarily. Raspberries and blackberries, I didn't need an 

 evaporator, for they dried on the vines. I don't know what this meeting 

 says about gooseberries, but with me they proved a failure ; currants also. 



As to a society, I wish we had one so we could interest our people 

 in horticulture. I have enjoyed this meeting very much. I take the lib- 

 erty of mentioning that as I go away today. 



Mr. McNallie of Sarcoxie, Jasper County. — I will start out with our 

 small fruit. Some people had good crops of strawberries, while others 

 had nearly a failure, and not being more than two or three miles apart. 

 The blackberries and gooseberries and raspberries were nearly a total 

 failure. 



The apple and peach crops were good. The best, I expect, on an 

 average that there has been for years. The apples were not as large as 

 in some of the orchards, but there was a heavy crop, and they were 

 more perfect this year than they have been for a great many years. The 

 insects seemed to die ; I think that they died on account of the drouth or 

 some other cause. 



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