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spoken to me about this matter several times. There is no way of keep- 

 ing things secure when we are only here one day in the week. The 

 remainder of the time this room is used for all sorts of meetings, and 

 our property is carried away, and it is impossible for us to keep it un- 

 less we have a room of our own, for we cannot even keep it under lock 

 and key. It seems to me that we should have a room that is exclusively 

 our own. 



Mr. Kingsbury: It has been suggested here that all kinds of fruit 

 will grow in every county of the State. There are certain localities where 

 certain kinds do better than certain other kinds, and another county 

 where other things will grow to a better advantage, so I think we should 

 find out just where these places are, and grow fruit accordingly. Along 

 this line I think our information should be investigated and published to 

 the world. It seems to me that we should have more money from the 

 State than we have been having. At the last Legislature we had an ap- 

 propriation of fifteen hundred dollars. We must go before them again. 

 We must advance and get out of our old ruts. We must keep pace with 

 the other States along this line, and if we can show that we are advancing 

 the work there will be no trouble in getting almost any appropriation 

 which we may ask for. We have started an experimental orchard. The 

 Society paid for the farm and the State gave us an appropriation to carry 

 it on. If we will select persons from among the horticulturists of the 

 State to carry on this work in different portions of the State and advance 

 the interests I have no doubt but what the State Legislature, when they 

 see that we are doing the work well, will come to us with an appropria- 

 tion, a liberal appropriation, but before they will do this we must show 

 them that we are trying to do something. We should do this before we 

 ask for an increase in the appropriation. It is our place, therefore, to be- 

 gin taking advanced steps and commencing something more than we have 

 yet done. We should advertise more liberally and extensively than we 

 have in the past to keep abreast with the other States. This is the reason 

 I make these suggestions. 



Chairman Swaim: Is there anything else along this line? 



Mrs. Robbins: Would you like to have a woman rise and tell you 

 what she thinks? I would just like to tell you what I think. If there 

 were a headquarters in Marion County every woman could see that it 

 would be a benefit to the Society, for when we come to Indianapolis we 

 would like to have some one of whom we could ask questions and get 

 information. I think we should have a place where we could receive 

 counsel. Some one said that it would be a lonesome job for a man to sit 

 there all day without any callers. Well, then, put a woman in there, for 

 she could bring her knitting. (Applause.) She would lose no time, I am 

 sure. I also know this, that Ihe women of Indiana who are interested in 



