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And as before remarked, our society and the general horticultural interests 

 are in a flourishing condition, and have been ever since the winter meeting of two 

 years ago ; and were it possible to have another meeting there in the near future it 

 would ruin our county. 



In the past two years orchards have been planted by the 40, 60, 80, 100, and 

 one orchard of 200 acres. The fever has even caught hold of such men as Hon. 

 "Silver Dicii" Bland, who two years ago pLinted, or had planted, 80 acres, all Ben 

 Davis. 



And at the World's Fair, if our locality is at all found, we hope to be heard 

 from in way of our fruit exhibit there. 



As to this year's outlooli for fruit, it is not as favorable as could wish it to be. 

 Our trees bloomed full, but the cold storms have done their work, and our outlook 

 is now only 33 to 50 per cent of a full crop. 



JASPER COUNTY HOTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To the President and Members of the Missouri State Horticultural Society : 



The Jasper County Horticultural Society is still continued in existence, and 

 regular meetings are held on the last Saturday of each month, with an occasional 

 special meeting on some other date. 



An abstract of the more important proceedings of the Society since the annual 

 meeting of the Society at Sedalia is as follows : 



At the December meeting officers were elected for the ensuing year, as follows : 



S. S. Riley, President. 



P. A. Hubbard, Vice-president. 

 » Z. T. Russell. Secretary. 



L. C. Amsden, Treasurer. 



VV. W. Sewall, Librarian. 



S. S. Riley, F. A. Hubbard and Z. T. Russell, Executive Committee. 



The delegates to the annual meeting of our State Society, just returned, made 

 lengthy and very interesting reports, which were considered very satisfactory, and 

 as being worth much more to the Society than the expense of sending the dele- 

 gates. At this meeting of the Society a new departure was made by voting to 

 pay their Secretary a small sum for his services each time a meeting is held. 



At the January meeting, the subjects of "Injurious Insects and Their Reme- 

 dies," and of '-Box-wood," were discussed, and it was voted to adopt the wine- 

 measure quart box for berries, instead of the standard measure, as heretofore used 

 by the Society. 



At the February meeting, a letter from Mr. Goodman, Secretary of our State 

 Society, was read, announcing it as a settled fact that, in answer to our invitation, 

 the coming annual meeting will be held in Carthage on December 6, 7 and S, 1892. 

 A committee was then appointed to collect and care for fruits for exhibition at 

 said meeting, and later at the World's Fair, at Chicago. 



At this meeting an order for a car load of berry-box and crat«'. material was 

 made up, and the factory from which it should be ordered decided upon. 



At the March meeting, on account of bad weather, the attendance was small 

 and little was done. 



At the April meeting the attendance was very large and the interest unusually 

 good. An excellent paper was read by President Riley on the subject of " Spray- 

 ing for the Destruction of the Codling Moth, the Canker Worm and the Tent Cat- 

 erpillar." At this meeting representatives of the A. R. T., the Wicks and the C. 

 F. T. (Thomas) refrigerator cars were present and made bids for the business of 

 the society the coming season, and another car of box-wood was ordered. 



