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ticultiiral Society to your annual meeting to be held at Neosho, Mo., 

 Dec. 20-22, 1904. 



L. R. Bryant, Secretary. 



Hannibal, Mo., Dec. 20, 1904. 

 Mr. L. A. Goodman, Sec'y Mo. S. Hor. Soc'y, Neosho, Mo. : 



My Dear Sir — For the last two weeks I have expected to be with 

 you at this meeting. So sure was I of this that I had myself appointed 

 delegate to represent the A. A. G. Congress at your meeting. Yes- 

 terday I received a message from Chicago requiring my personal at- 

 tention to matters of much importance to me in Lincoln county, Mo., 

 and will go there today to remain until Friday. 



T need not say how much I regret this for I am never so much 

 at home as in a meeting of Horticulturists, and I feel that you are 

 having a good meeting. I now delegate my credentials as delegate 

 of A. A. G. C. to you and authorize you to represent the Congress 

 at your meeting. You will remember the fees are $3.00 and $2.00, 

 and I will also say that while Missouri has held first place as to num- 

 bers all along to this year, Illinois has taken the lead at this time, and 

 unless w^e hustle we will drop into second place. The printer is now 

 at work on our report, and I hope to have it out early in January. 

 To all new members I will send all three of our reports and one of 

 our buttons. 



I enclose list of old members who have not renewed and who are 

 likel)'" to be in attendance at your meeting. Again regretting my 

 unavoidable absence and wishing you a grand and successful meeting 

 I am 



Very truly yours. 



T. C. Wilson. 



It will pay any apple grower to become a member and secure all 

 these reports. Mr. T. C. Wilson, Hannibal, Mo., is the Secretary, and 

 all orders and memberships should be sent to him. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



N. F. Murra3^ — I am proud and happy to say that we have plenty 

 of material with which to fill the positions of honor that are ours to 

 give. The rule of this Society is that no officer except the Secretary 

 can hold his position for more than two terms, but our precedent is 



