416 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Wednesday— 9 o'clock a. m. 



1. Best Way to Purchase Nursery Stock. E. H. Scott, Ann Arbor. 



2. An Hour with Varieties of Apples for Culture in Southern Michigan. J. F. Fitz- 

 simmons, Hillsdale. 



3. The Development and Promises of the Evaporated Fruit Industry. S. B. Mann, 

 Adi-ian, and H. W. Davis, Lapeer. 



4. An Hour with the Worst Insect Pests and a study of Remedies. R. J. Coryell, 

 Hillsdale. 



2 O'CLOCK P. M. 



1. Fall Exhibits of Fruits : Their Management and Educational Advantages. A. 

 G. Gulley, South Haven. 



- 2. Suggestions Concerning Citj- and Village Horticulture. Prof. I.. H. Bailey, 



Lansing. 



3. Economic Market Culture of Potatoes : The Best Varieties. C. A. Sessions, 

 Oceana County. 



4. A Discussion upon Potato Deterioration and Experience with the Scab, 



7 O'CLOCK p. M. 



1. The Forestry Problem. F. M. Hollo way, Hillsdale. 



2. What can Schools do for Horticulture, and vice versa. Prof. W. A. Drake, Hills- 

 dale CoUege. , 



3. Ethics of Horticulture., Prof. A. E. Haynes, Hillsdale, and W. K. Gibson, 

 Jackson. 



Thursday— 9 o'clock a. m. 



1 . Reports of Committees. 



2. The Question Box. 



3. Discussion on IMarkets and Marketing. 



4. Final Resolutions. 



Chairman Hewitt first introduced Mayor Cook of Hillsdale, who welcomed 

 the society to the hospitalities of the city. He said substantially : 



In a city like ours, dependent upon a farming community for its growth 

 and activity, we all take a lively interest in rural affairs. The improvement 

 of stock, the development of the orchards, the embellishment of the country 

 command our attention, even although we may be engaged in trade or the 

 so-called professions. We are especially interested in the educational work 

 your society was organized to promote. Our county agricultural society is 

 the best organization of the kind in the State, and has met Avith the hearty 

 support of all our people; it has done a grand work for our locality, and 

 especially has contributed to the betterment of our agricultural interests. 



Our county horticultural society, recently organized, will receive just as 

 cordial support, and we have need of the work it cau do in our vicinity, for, 

 with the increased competition in the coarser products of the farm, there 

 comes the desire to cultivate fruits, not only for pleasure but profit. This 

 society will join hands with the agricultural society in years to come and will 

 help to maintain the record of our county in the quantity and quality of its 

 farm products. 



