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future day in the erection of a suitable building for the purpose of holding an 

 annual horticultural fair. On account of the failures in the fruit crop the Society- 

 did not hold their usual fair, but have kept up their usual meetings with rather 

 small attendance. 



Membership in this Society, as is the case with the State Society, is mostly 

 composed of old men who have passed the prime of life, and have retired from 

 active life. The problem seems to be, how shall we interest the young men 

 enough in this work to take their places ? 



The fruit crop of this section was nearly a failure, with the exception of 

 plums and blackberries, which madeia good crop. Partial crop of peaches, rasp- 

 berries and strawberries. Very respectfully, 



H. W. Jenkins, 



SARCOXIE HORTICULTURAL ASS0CIA.TION. 



Sarcoxie, Mo., Februarv 2, 1893. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman, Westport, Mo.: 



We, the undersigned, were appointed as a committee to report Sarcoxie Horti- 

 cultural association . 



Not having any records to refer to, we shall attempt to report simply what 

 we know. 



In the State report of 1891, we are reported as Tri-county Horticultural 

 Society. But not being satisfied with results of Southwest Missouri Fruit-growers 

 and Shippers' association, we therefore organized Sarcoxie Horticultural association, 

 which absorbed the Tri-county Society, with two or three exceptions. With our 

 organization a shipping committee was appointed, who proceeded to make the 

 necessary arrangements with the C. F. T. company to ship our fruit in 1891. We 

 therefore shipped 14 car-loads of strawberries and expressed quite a number of 

 cases of raspberries. 



The results were satisfactory financially. 



The grounds were renewed and preparations were made for the spring of 1892. 



The prospects of 1892 were. flattering for a good crop of berries, but when the 

 berry season arrived, the wet weather also arrived, and damaged the crop very 

 materially ; yet by careful management we shipped nine carloads of strawberries 

 on the C. F. T., and expressed quite a number of cases of strawberries and rasp- 

 berries, which brought better prices than those shipped on the C. F. T. 



The officers for the year of A. D. 1893, are : 



Henry Adklne, President. 



Henry Foster, Vice-President. 



John Osborn, Secretary and Treasurer. 



The organization is now talking of raising vegetables for 8hippii\g purposes ; 

 and quite a number will use a sprayer on fruit-trees this year, and be prepared to 

 report results at the winter meeting. 



W. T. BuRKHOLDER, Committee. 



PETTIS COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Hon. L. A. Goodman, Sec'y State Horticultural Society : 



Dear Sir— Pettis county Horticultural Society directs me to make the follow- 

 ing report: 



We have now about 25 active, enterprising fruit-growers connected with our 

 organization. These men grow all kinds of fruits adapted to this section of the 

 btate. 



