396 BOAED OP AGRICULTURE. 



REPORTS OF LOCAL SOCIETIES. 



REPORT OF THE WAYNE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WALTER S. RATLIFF, SECRETARY. 



To the Indiana Horticultural Society: 



I herewith submit this, my annual report of the Wayne County Agri- 

 cultural and Horticultural Society, and with it a roster of the officers of 

 ttye society for the year 1901. 



Our organization held twelve regular sessions during the year. A 

 part were held in the society's room in the county court house in the city 

 of Richmond, where afternoon meetings occurred. The remaining sessions 

 were all-day ones and were held at the country residences of some of the 

 members, where the attendance was large and hundreds partook of the 

 picnic dinners that occurred at high noon. These dinners, together with 

 the co-operation and hospitality of the host and hostess, made these 

 rural sessions among the niost enjoyable and pleasant ones of the year. 



The exhibition tables at all meetings contained, in their seasons, the 

 results of man's labor on the fai-m, orchard and garden, and it has been * 

 amusing to note the friendly rivalry among the growers of these articles. 

 The ladies, too, often exhibited fine potted plants in bloom and bouquets 

 of beautiful cut flowers in their season. 



The annual, February, was one of the most pleasant features of the 

 society's work, and enjoyed by hundreds. The premium lists having been 

 previously announced, the housewives industriously vied with one another 

 in their efforts to secure the premiums on the culinary articles, such as 

 roast fowl and beef, breads, pies, cakes, butter, salads, jellies, etc. The 

 awarding committee, after completing its work, the premium articles 

 were placed on other tables already laden with all the viands that were 

 necessary to make a dinner complete. The society was fortimate in secur- . 

 ing addresses from men and women of influence and culture, which added 

 largely to the entertainment and instruction of those present. 



Officers for 1901— rresident, Caleb W. King; vice-president, Rev. R. D. 

 Laughman; recording secretary, Walter S. Ratliff; treasurer, .1. P. Norris; 

 corresponding secretary, Hon. .7. C. Ratliff. 



Apples.— Although some varieties were wonderfully well laden, yet the 

 apple crop was not an average one. The summer and early autumn varie- 

 ties did fairly well, but the codling moth and other insect pests, together 

 with the severe and protracted summer drouth, lessened the yield of the 



