SUMMER MEETING AT BUTLER. 37 



PAPERS. 



In March I sent to the most prominent Horticultural papers in the 

 States asking them if they could afford to give us a copy of their paper 

 for the year for our library, at the same time sending them one of our 

 reports for 1884. In response to this I have received the following 

 papers, which are kept on file for the use of the memberp. We should 

 have a few dollars spent in binders, in which to keep[the papers as they 

 come, and a few dollars for a place to meet and keep them. I should 

 like to have the members alwaj's feel free to come to such a place 

 to talk over matters, read the papers or examine the standard works on 

 Horticulture or "Bugology." It seems to me that this is the province 

 of our society, and our usefulness is only limited by the money we have 

 for our use. 



List of papers furnished the society by the publishers : 



Kural New Yorker, New York City, N. Y. 



American Agriculturist, New York City, N. Y. 



Prairie Farmer, Chicago, 111. 



Western Rural, Chicago, III. 



Colman's Rural World, St/ Louis, Mo. 



Journal of Agriculture, St. Louis, Mo. 



Purdy's Fruit Recorder, Palmyra, N. Y. 



Kansas Farmer, Topeka, Kas. 



The Home Farm, Augusta, Me. 

 ^ American Garden, Greenfield, Mass. 



Ladies' Floral Cabinet, New York City, N. Y. 



Farm, Field and Stockman, Chicago, 111. 



Western Agriculturist, Quincy, 111. 



Dakota Farmer, Huron, Dak. 



Live Stock Record, Kansas City, Mo. 



STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



We did not get the much desired State entomologist, and now the 

 next thing to be done is to get some one to help us and help ourselves. 

 I believe $50 or $100 given to MIrs Mary Murtfeldt to assist her in the 

 study of this matter would be well spent. We ought to get our State 

 Board of Agriculture to take hold of this and give the money ; agricul- 

 ture needs it as much as horticulture, and I believe we can get the help 

 asked for. She is now one of the assistants in this work to Prof. Riley, 

 and could easily do this for us if called upon. I write this without her 

 knowing of it and do not know as it would be agreeable to her. But 

 this 1 do know, that it would be agreeable to us. 



