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respective stations, on or before the first day of December of 

 each year. These reports shall be sent to the Secretary and by 

 him carefully compiled for use at the annual meetings of the 

 Society, or for publication in the annual reports. Partial 

 reports shall be made from time to time when required by the 

 committee having charge of the experiments. 



Rule VII. All plants, utensils, &c, purchased for the use of 

 the several stations shall be the property of the Society and 

 subject to the control of this Board, except in case of new 

 varieties of plants and trees submitted for testing by originators 

 or owners, which shall be subject to such conditions as shall be 

 agreed upon. 



Rule VIII. The Secretary shall, in a book provided for the 

 purpose, keep a record of all expenses incurred, plants, &c, 

 purchased and distribution of same by stations; together with a 

 record of all meetings of the committee of which he is chair- 

 man. He shall keep a separate record with each station of all 

 experiments undertaken and made. 



On the 16th of May the Committee of Control held a meeting 

 of which the following is the Report: 



The committee met at the Sweeny Hotel in Normal. Present 

 the full committee. 



On motion, it was ordered that the members of the committee 

 have special charge of the work in their own districts, and that 

 such experiments as may seem practicable in spraying and sum- 

 mer mulching be immediately undertaken. 



On motion, it was ordered that Mr. Browne be authorized to 

 buy such strawberry plants as maybe desirable to plant next fall. 



After considerable informal talk, it was decided that under 

 existing circumstances, it would not be practicable to lay out 

 any elaborate plans. The committee, therefore, adjourned. 



On the 24th of September the committee met at the National 

 Hotel in the city of Peoria. Present, the full committee. On 

 motion, J. S. Browne was elected clerk. 



After an extended discussion it was decided to have the follow- 

 ing varieties of Russian apples tested at all the stations : Yellow 

 Transparent, Red Wine, Early Champaign, in the Northern and 

 Central Stations; also, Hibernal, Repke, Romaneske, Antonovke, 

 jorto. 



ecided that the following varieties of plums and 

 at all the siations : Plums — Rolling-Stone, Chee- 

 ney, Desoto. Pears — Tyson, Josephine-de-Malines, Duhamel- 

 du-Monceou, Souvenir-du-Congress, and Keiffer. 



It was the unanimous opinion of the committee, that the 

 Directors of the various stations should meet at Hamilton at the 

 time of the annual meeting to arrange a uniform and definite 

 plan of action for the ensuing year. 



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