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handled, clean packages, uniform size, named varieties, clean specimens,, 

 honest packing and the packers guarantee behind it, is what the Society 

 wishes to inculcate into the minds of every fruit-grower. Ship no 

 trash; pack no culls. Keep all inferior fruit off the market and your 

 fruit will pay. 



The woik done at Jefferson City, while not what we had hoped it 

 to be, yet we will have to be content with. We had expected to see 

 our appropriation increased so that we might have more money to use 

 in the display of our fruits at different locations. From the expenditure 

 of moneys in many directions it would seem that the Legislature would 

 be justified in giving to the Society 3, 4 or 5 thousand per year and 

 print at least five thousand copies of our report. Bat our printing will 

 be as usual, 3500 copies, and $2500 per year for Society use. We tried 

 in every way possible to get a thousand dollars for our entomologist's 

 work, but were doomed to failure. Some money pat to use in this way 

 would be worth thousands to our people. 



Our Agricultural College separation failed to pass the Senate after 

 passing the House. Much interest was manifested, and our Vice- 

 President, Murray, deserves our thanks and our admiration for the 

 faithful work he performed in the cause. If there ever was a just 

 cause of separation and removal, there is certainly reason for this 

 action if the State ever expects to have an Agricultural College worthy 

 the name. 



As before stated to you many times, it is the only way to make our 

 Agricultural College a success, and I feel sure that it would be to the 

 best interests of the University also. The State Society entered into 

 this movement alone, and have had the brunt of the work to do, but 

 we have done it with the best of feeling and good wishes; have no ill- 

 will against any of the University people, and will now wait another 

 two years to see what shall be accomplished at the College. This mat- 

 ter is not settled yet, and if the continual prejudice is persisted in, then 

 there will be a stronger effort made at the next meeting of our Legisla- 

 ture for separation. 



If our boys and girls will not attend the College under its present 

 management and surrounded by its present influence, then it is time 

 for them to say so, and it is due time for our Representatives to hear 

 and heed the call. A separation would mean that the $50,000 income 

 of the College would in two years establish a College rivaling that of 

 Iowa, Illinois, Kansas or Michigan. 



