398 ' BOARD 0¥ AGEICULTUEE. 



Blackberries.— The severe drouth came just prior to the period of ripen- 

 ing and at a time when an abundance of rain was needed to perfect the 

 fruit; as a result the crop was a failure, and the unnatural mummified 

 berries remained on the canes and never ripened. The berry patches have 

 been largely cut down, i-emoved and burned. 



Raspberries.— A portion of thi^ kind of fruit ripened before the drouth 

 became so genei-al, which were marketed when ripened fruit was needed 

 most. The root rot that worked below the surface of the grouna on the 

 plant, and the white scale that attacked the canes, has depleted the 

 patches, in some cases, entirely, as removing and burning is the only 

 alternative. 



Ornithology.— The economic relation of ornithology to fruit culture is 

 becoming more and more understood, and it is quite gratifying to the 

 horticulturist to realize that our native birds are at last protected from 

 the egg gatherer, hunter and nest destroyer by our State laws. 



REPORT OF THE LAGRANGE AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY. 



BY MRS. LIZZIE C. ROYER, SECRETARY. 



The past year has been a period of activity and gain. The society is 

 only two years old and has a list of forty-four paid members; total num- 

 ber of members over 140. It held six regular meetings during the year and 

 had an interesting program at each meeting and an exhibit of fruit and 

 flowers at almost every meeting. The midsummer meeting was held in 

 the Lagrange County court house yard and Professor Troop and C. M. 

 Hobbs were the speakers of the day. The others were held at the homes 

 of the members. One called meeting of olficers and workers was held. It 

 sent a delegate to the Indiana Horticultural Society at Indianapolis, who 

 exhibited forty-two plates of different varieties of fruit; also a delegate to 

 the State Board of Aginculture meeting at Indianapolis. 



Several members attended the summer meeting of the Indiana State 

 Society at South Bend. The following officers were elected at the Decem- 

 ber meeting for the year of 1902: J. C. Grossman, president; J. W. Mills, 

 vice-president; Lizzie l.. Royer, secretary; Marion Garmire, treasurer; exec- 

 utive committee, John P. Stough, R. H. Newman, A. J. Seagley; program 

 committee, Mrs. J. W. Mills, R. C. Case, E. E. Royer; library committee, 

 E. E. Royer; membership committee, Mrs. R. C. Case, W. F. Clugston, 

 Mrs. Ocia Eshelman; year book and advertising committee, J. C. Gross- 

 man, Henry Eshelman, Charles Royer, J. W. Mills, R. C. uase, R. H. New- 



