REPORT 



OF THE 



District Horticultural Institute 



Held under the Auspices of Purdue School of Agriculture, 



in the Christian Church, Kendallville, Tuesday 



and Wednesday, August 30-31, 1904. 



TUESDAY MORXING SESSION. 



President Latta called the meeting to order. 



Invocation by Rev. C. H. Bass, Pastor of the Christian Church of 

 Kendallville, Ind. 



Rev. H. C. Bass: Our dear heavenly Father, we thank thee that it 

 is meet and proper at all times for us to call upon thy name, and especially 

 at this time we feel that we may call upon thee and ask thy blessings 

 on this meeting. Thou hast promised to bless those who walk the way on 

 this earth according to thy will, and especially hast thou promised to bless 

 us by sending sunshine and rain, and thou hast promised us a seed time, 

 and a harvest, and we pray for these blessings as we meet here together 

 today. Bless those who labor and earn their bread by the sweat of their 

 brow, and so fulfill the physical law of their being in the world, and so 

 shall our cups be filled and we be strengthened and thy name glorified. 

 Bless those who shall speak in this assembly during the coming days; 

 lead us unto a higher, more spiritual, and more fruitful way of life, and 

 at last bring us to thyself, and thine shall be the glory forever. Amen. 



President Latta: We will now be favored by a greeting by J. S. Con- 

 logue, of Kendallville. 



J. S. Conlogue: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen— I am very glad 

 this morning that Rev. Dickinson is out of town, as it falls upon me to 

 deliver the address of welcome, and you all know I can do it very 

 gracefully. I am also very glad to know that I only had a moment's 

 notice, for that too will in a measure excuse me if my address is some- 

 what informal. I am very glad that this Association saw fit to come to 



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