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have the reports of their work for three years. This is 

 a letter from the Minnesota Society. ( Reads letter. ) The 

 letter from Professor Budd is very encouraging as to the 

 way they are experimenting in Iowa, with artificial fertiliz- 

 ers; we of course expect to be benefited by the work in 

 Iowa, and we want to try to do something to pay for this 

 work either by appropriation or by work by the society. I 

 believe there is a report to give as to what we have started 

 to do. 



President Smith — Gentlemen, in connection with this 

 matter spoken of by Mr. Hoxie, I would say that I have 

 written to a number of members of congress with whom I 

 am acquainted, and have received very encouraging reports 

 with regard to a bill being passed. But they say that other 

 appropriations are likely to be very large indeed, this year, 

 and so I am afraid our horticultural appropriations will 

 have to go by the board. 



Mr. Tuttle — I am not in favor of having appropriations 

 for experimental work from congress. I believe we may 

 have this work done at a very small cost. Minnesota is so 

 doing and I can see no reason why Wisconsin cannot do 

 some work by itself. My idea would be to establish experi- 

 ment stations in different parts of the state, upon different 

 soils and in places that have been considered good for fruit 

 and also in places where it has hitherto been difficult to 

 grow fruit. And have persons appointed and let them make 

 their experiments, and let persons forward things to be ex- 

 perimented with to these stations, and let these go on all over 

 the state, on all kinds of soil, and let them go through a 

 number of years so we shall know that when we plant a 

 variety we shall not have to dig it up in a few years. We 

 have planted trees that have not been worth anything. I 

 planted 500 Pewaukees that are not worth anything. As for 

 i;hat work is concerned, in my own locality, on the kind of 

 Boil I have, I am perfectly willing to make a trial of fruits 

 that should be forwarded to me; I am perfectly willing to 

 make the trials. 



President Smith — What would be the objection to hav- 

 ing the expense of these trials paid by congress? 



