THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING 



Held at Neosho^ Nezuton CoiDitv. AIo.. December j. ^,5, ^Sgj. 



The 38th annual meeting of the State Society convened at Neosho 

 on December 3, at 8 p. m. The court-house, the place of meeting, wa& 

 filled to its utmost by the delegates and the local representation. 



One of our most successful and enthusiastic meetings of our So- 

 ciety was held during the three days' session. Representatives from 

 Illinois, Kansas, ISebraska and Arkansas were there and all took active 

 part in the work of the Society and the discussions. 



One of the finest displays the Society ever made was shown in a 

 large building opposite the court-house. This consisted of about 1200 

 plates of apples, not common apples, but such ones as it delights the 

 heart of an horticulturist to see, without a speck or flaw in them. They 

 were the finest specimens of all the standard varieties of apples that 

 one could ask for, and the tables were the admiration of every person 

 who saw them. 



Representatives were there from " Oolman's Rural World " of St. 

 Louis, " The Southwest " of Springfield, Mo.," The Journal of Agricul- 

 ture " of St. Louis, "The Prairie Farmer '- of Chicago, " The Horticul- 

 urist" of Lawrence, Kas. 



The meeting displayed the enthusiasm of the Missouri fruit-grow- 

 ers, and the whole tendency of the papers and discussions was to a 

 better care of the orchards, better handling, packing and marketing, 

 and the necessity of many more places for storage and keeping our 

 apples. 



A desire to know of all the g^od things that were said and done 

 can only be satisfied wholly by those who were there to see, know and 

 hear, but this desire can be satisfied in part by a thorough perusal of 

 this report. 



The following reports from "The Southwest" and " Colman's 

 Rural World " will give an outline of the meeting that will induce you 

 to look further into the papers and discussions. 



L. A. Goodman, Sec'y. 



