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need only plant and gather fruit. That experiment has been tried so 

 often and with such uniform results of failure that we may as well save 

 repetitions. 



THURSDAY, 3 P. M. 



While the change was being made to the Normal School a visit to 

 the Springs was decided upon and carriages were brought out at 2 p.. 

 M. and conveyed all the delegates to the Springs, and everyone ex- 

 pressed themselves as delighted with the beautiful place and the med- 

 ical properties of the spring. 



After meeting in the Nori^al School at 3 p. m. the President called 

 the meeting to order. 



A paper was read by the Secretary from Prof. TafU 



REPORT ON VEGETABLES. 



BY PROF. L. R. TAFT, COLUMBIA, MO. 



In most sections of the State the past season has been a favorable 

 one for the growth of vegetables, but the prices realized for them' 

 have been quite low. The abundant crop has been a blessing to the 

 cultivators of small gardens for family use, and to those who purchase 

 their supply, but to the market gardener it has been qualified by the 

 fact that others, as well, have been favored with rich harvests, so that 

 he was obliged to sell at a low price, and thus his actual profits were 

 no more, perhaps, than would have been derived from a half crop. 



The aim of the gardener is to raise larger and better crops than 

 his neighbor and in less time. The result of his efforts will depend on 



