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trict. If we started to read it to you or discuss it, we could Hot get 

 through with it this meeting or in a solid day's work, even if yoU' 

 accepted it. Now we looked up the lame places in the old one, which 

 was made so long ago, and we attempted to remedy them. One of 

 the lame places was in District Number Two (2), Sarpy, Washington, 

 Douglas, Burt counties, and so forth. We recommended for general 

 planting in this district, 15 years ago, the Wealthy, Snow, Ramsdel 

 Sweet, The Plumb Cider, and so foYth. There was nothing in the 

 list to tell the planter that he should not plant just as many Plum 

 Cider as he should Wealthy. So we wrote up a little something here 

 that we will give to you and that will give you an idea of the changes 

 we want to make, and that is this. 

 (Reads from the report.) 



Now that is the varietiei=! we have already put into tlie list. That 

 tells you they will grow there, and would be desirable in a large 

 number or a small number, and that is what we want to get at. 

 We want to know if the society would approve of this plan, or 

 whether or not we would have to get up something plainer if possible. 

 We found in looking it over that there is a dozen, or 15 or 20 counties 

 in the state where from 100 or 200 varieties of apples can be grown. 

 But when we came to comparing them there was a great deal of 

 difference in their value. And with the help of the parties in these 

 sections we began reducing them to where the list should be. Our idea 

 is to cut them down no matter how many they can grow, cut it down 

 to the best for that territory. Now we have gone over 12 of those 19 

 districts, and I think we would be busy at it for a week. We ask that 

 (his committee be continued, and if you approve of this that you 

 accept this report so that you can get it in this next years report. 

 And then we will take a day or two's time and try and thresh this all 

 out, according to the manner I have explained to you in my rambling 

 way. 



Mr. Henderson- I move this committee be continued, and their 

 report up-to-date be adopted. 



^Ir. Brown: It seems to me that it would be a wise thing to 

 probably adopt the report up as far as it goe,=!, and to allow this com- 

 mittee to submit their report to the board. 



Mr. Henderson: Certainly. 



Motion as amended, carried. 



Mr. Barnard: The next paper upon o'lr list is by Prof. J. R. 

 Cooper, of the University of Nebraska, 'inon "Spraying the Apple and 

 Results Obtained in 1913." 



(Professor Cooper not present at this time.) 



Mr. Barnard: In as much as Professor Cooper is not present 

 now, we will take up the next subjact, which is "A Successful Fruit 

 Growers Association and its Benefits to the Growers," by N. H. Nelson, 

 Manager Omaha Fruit Growers Association, Omaha, Nebraska. 



