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Avrappers, spray intelligently for leaf insects and fungi, when necessary, 

 and keep his trees from overbearing by thinning the fruit, he can 

 produce apples that will many times repay him for all this attention. 

 Much of the cry of short life of our trees is due to neglect of the above 

 essentials. 



Yocal Solo. — Mrs. Martin Eead. 



KESOLUTIOjNTS. 



To the Officers and Members of the Society: 



Your committee on final resolutions beg to report as follows: 



Resolved, That the Missouri State Horticultural Society greatly 

 appreciates the efforts of the members of the Mercer county Horti- 

 cultural Society and the people of Princeton generally to entertain this 

 meeting. To the various persons who have furnished music and literary 

 numbers, our thanks are due, especially to the K. of P. band, the ladies 

 who contributed songs and recitations and the male quartette for their 

 selections. 



Resolved, That we are under obligations to the press of this and 

 other cities for their courtesy during the meeting and throughout the 

 past year. 



Resolved, That this society thank the executive committee of this 

 organization and ratify their action in collecting fruits for the Paris 

 Exposition. The entire State should assist in this work of advertising 

 the resources of the State. We also commend the efforts now being 

 made to arouse an interest in the exhibits desired to be made at Buffalo 

 in 1901 and St. Louis in 1903. 



Resolved. That we appreciate the work of the Department of Ag- 

 riculture in investigating the subject of root-rot in this section, and that 

 we urge the members to assist the department in this work. 



N". O. Booth, 

 R. A. Emerson, 

 James M. Irvine. 



Committee. 



RESOLUTION OX PURE FOOD ADOPTED. 



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Whereas the Missouri State Horticultural Society believes that 

 every purchaser, when he pays his money for an article, is entitled to 

 know what he is getting, and 



Whereas the practice of false branding and adulterating of foods 

 and drugs is becoming alarmingly prevalent, and 



