04 TRAKSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



S. G. Minkler, of Oswego, the present incumbent, was re-nomi- 

 nated for Treasurer by Dr. Humphrey, and by him moved that the 

 vote of the Society be cast for Mr. Minkler, and it was so cast. 



The names of the officers elected to serve the Society for the 

 eiiouing year were then read by the Secretary, as follows: 



President — Hon. John M. Pearson, Godfrey. 

 Vlre-Presklent — H. K. Vickroy, Normal. 

 Secretari/ — A. C. Hammond, Warsaw. 

 ^ Assisfant Secretary — Henry M. Duulap, Savoy. 

 Treasurer — S. G. Minkler, Oswego. 



The selecting of a place for the next annual meeting was an- 

 nounced by the chair to be in order, and invitations asked for. 



Prof. Burrill — I extend an invitation to the Society to hold its 

 next annual meeting at Champaign, and shall be glad to meet you at 

 the University. I have not consulted with our citizens, but am sure 

 they will give you a cordial welcome. 



President Galusha — It is eminently proper that we hold our 

 next meeting at the University. It will doubtless be the means of 

 advancing our interests, and possibly of forming a nucleus of an 

 experimental station. 



It was decided by the unanimous vote of the Society that the 

 next annual meeting be held at Champaign. 



Milo Barnard — As I have heard quite a number here express 

 themselves in favor of holding the meeting earlier in the year, in 

 order to bring this question before the Society for consideration, I 

 will move that the next meeting be held the latter part of September. 



Dr. Schroeder — I second that motion, gentlemen. The ther- 

 mometer, in December, will go down and down in spite of all. and 

 old men like me don't like to go from home in such cold weather; 

 and then, too, so early as September we could have a splendid exhi- 

 bition of fruits. 



B. G. Roots — September is, with some of us, the busiest month 

 of the year, and I am afraid, in consequence, the attendance would 

 be comparatively small. I move that we make it a month later. 



