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up too high at any place I scatter them somewhat and during tae 

 ■ftinter they rot down and add their richness to the soil which feeds 

 the roots of my blue grass plants. Probably this has something to 

 do with the success that I have had in beating out the dandelions and 

 crab grass on my lawn. 



5 o'clock, p. m., January 21st, 1914. 



Meeting adjourned to meet again at 9 o'clock a. m., January 22nd, 

 1914. 



9:00 a. m., January 22nd, 1914. 



Horticultural society met, pursuant to adjournment, and tLe 

 following proceedings were had and done. 



The Chairman: The next paper or address upon our prograra 

 W'ill be by Mr. C. G. Marshall, ^Mgr. Eastern Nebraska Fruit Growers 

 Association, upon the subject: "One Season's Experience of a Co-oper- 

 ative Fruit Growers Association, in Eastern Nebraska" 



ONE SEASON'S EXPERIENCE OF A CO-OPERATIVE FRUIT 

 GROWERS ASSOCIATION IN EASTERN NEBRASKA. 



C. G. Marshall, Nebraska City. 



Mr. Marshall: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I don't 

 see very many people in the audience who are ordinarily much inter- 

 ested in co-operation, but I guess we will have to go ahead with the 

 subject. I was in hopes that many more of the growers of eastern 

 Nebraska would be here, and we could get this subject discussed 

 thoroughly. I intended to only open up the subject, and give them 

 what little experience we had, and then I hoped to have a discuss^'on 

 that would bring out all the good points of co-operation. Yesteiday 

 morning we had a paper on co-operation by Mr. Nelson of Omaha, and 

 he covered the principles, purposes and objects. What I shall say 

 this morning will be more to give you the experience of the Eastern 

 Nebraska Fruit "Growers association for the past season. 



A little more than a year ago, a mee^.ing was called to organize 

 a Fruit Growers Association for Eastern Nebraska. After a number 

 of niaeti)>.gs, at which committees were appointed to work on a plan 

 of organization, an organization was perfected and the constitution 

 c'nd by-laws wer adopted. This organization was composed of 

 25 growers of eastern Nebraska. The growers were all men who had 

 considerable courage. The twenty-five growers represented almost 

 two thousand acres of apple orchard. They were scattered quite a 

 little, notwithstanding; from up to the Platte River down to the 

 state line, but most of them were in the eastern tier of counties. 

 Now our idea in organizing this association were that it was for the 

 benefit of the individual and the industry in the eastern part of the 

 state. The growers have come to realize that more can be done by 

 co-operation than they can do individually. 



