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by friend Douglas, and each one of us who is settled on the prairie, plant 

 as well as preach — example is an excellent means of enforcing precept. 



Some excuse themselves on the plea that there is more timber in our 

 State now than there was thirty years since.; others make the excuse that 

 as prairies are naturally void of trees, timber-growing on them will never 

 prove a success. With the first class named I beg respectfully to differ 

 entirely — from observations made in parts of the State with which I am 

 familiar. In many instances we find land on the borders of our native 

 groves growing up to timber, but in passing through most of our timber 

 land we find the monarchs of the forest, which required centuries to pro- 

 duce, largely represented by stumps, the size of whicli demonstrates that 

 one of these equalled in value many hundreds of the saplings, which, in 

 the eyes of some, are filling the vacant places. t 



With the examples of successful growing of timber on a small scale 

 all over our prairies, it seems strange to me that there should be a doubting 

 Thomas who has devoted careful attention to this subject. 



Mr. Budd said that the Iowa State Horticultural Society had offered 

 two hundred dollars in premiums for trees planted on a fixed day next 

 spring — called "Arbor Day." This list of premiums was read by the 

 Secretary, and favorably commented upon by several members ; the 

 speakers all agreeing that it would be wise for legislatures in our own and 

 other Western States to offer premiums, or authorize State Horticultural 

 Societies to do so, for tree-planting each year. 



The Society then adjourned until evening. 



SECOND DAY. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The Society reassembled at half past seven o'clock. 

 The first business of the evening was the reading of the following 

 paper : 



M.\RKETING .\ND UTILIZING HORTICULTUR.VL PRODUCTS. 



IIV M. H. SrAI'KORD. 



Th€ situations of fruit-grijwers are so diversified that no general 

 remarks of mine can be of much service. 



We need have no fear, for years to come, that good, long-keejjing 

 varieties of apples will be unsalable, at good, paying jirices. In 1872 we 

 had an abundant supply of ajjples, but it was only the fall apples that 

 were too abundant ; for as soon as cold weather came on, winter fruit 



