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The following resolutions, reported by George J. Kel- 

 logg, were unanimously adopted: 



Resolved, That our executive committee be authorized and directed to 

 provide for such work by our secretary in encouraging and organizing 

 local societies, and such other work as, in their judgment, may seem best. 



Resolved. That J. M. Smith be requested to act as a delegate from this 

 society, to attend the next annual meeting of the American Horticultural 

 Society, and A. L. Hatch to represent us at the next session of the Ameri" 

 can Pomological Society. 



Resolved, Tbat ihe thanks of the Society are due, and are hereby ten- 

 dered to the C, M. & St. P., the C. & N. W. and the Wisconsin Central 

 railroad companies for generous treatment, to G. W. Riugrose, of Wau- 

 watosa, and Samuel Eales, of Waukesha, for beautiful bouquets, to the 

 ladies and gentlemen who have favored us with music, and to the mem- 

 bers of the Waukesha Horticultural Society for their generous and suc- 

 cessful efforts to make this annual meeting a success. 



Resolved, That the committee on legislation be, and are hereby Instructed 

 to draw up and cause to be introduced iato the present legislature a bill 

 providing that this Society shall be supplied by the state with at least 

 10,000 separate copies of its annual report. 



Resolved, Tbat in view of the valuable work being done in the farmers' 

 institutes bj' extending and popularizing agricultural knowledge, we 

 earnestly re(T[uest the legislature to extend that work by increasing the 

 present appropriation. 



Resolved, That we believe the time has come when the state of Wiscon- 

 sin should establish a separate agricultural college. 



Resolved, That committee of Observations shall consist of one person 

 from each county, instead of from districts. 



Resolved, That in addition to the regular standing committees now pro- 

 vided for by the by-laws, the following shall be annually appointed by the 

 president, each committee to consist of not less than three members: Ist, 

 a committee on Experimental Station Work in Horticulture; 2nd, a com- 

 mittee on Revision of Recommended Fruit Tree and Shrub Lists; 3rd, a 

 committee on New Fruits and Trials of Varieties; 4th, a committee on 

 Horticultural Fertilizers; 5th, a committee on Legislation: 6th, a commit- 

 tee on Resolutions. 



Resolved, Tliat during the next year the President shall appoint such 

 delegates to kindred societies as he shall deem proper, with the express 

 understanding that all such delegates shall make full reports thereof. 



Resolved, TJiat |50 be allowed the President as a shght token in collect- 

 ing New Orleans premiums, and to defray contingent funds for postage 

 and stationery. 



H.C.Adams — (On the matter of sending a delegate to 



