294 State Horticultural Society. 



Col. Love. — The gentleman does not seem to understand; the 

 point is not to remove the present Trustees, but provide for fruit 

 growers in the future whenever there is a vacancy. The proposition 

 is that the men who arc on at present are all right, but we want to 

 put fruit growers on when the terms of the present members expire. 

 The fruit growers are as well able to govern that institution as others , 

 they are good business men and managers, and they can be more 

 economical in using and applying labor because. they know the busi- 

 ness. This Station was made for South Missouri, and we don't want 

 to have a struggle every two years, but want a permanent Station 

 with fruit growers for the Board of Trustees. 



J. T. Stinson. — I know these men personally and have a high 

 regard for them, and when you pass such a resolution you are cast- 

 ing reflections upon them. You may say it is not reflecting on these, 

 but it is, if the Governor has selected well. I do not think it advisable 

 for the Society to dictate to the Governor. It is a bad scheme, and 

 I want to protest against it. 



Air. Dutcher. — It was by a motion of this Society that the Legis- 

 lature was induced to accept the Agricultural College Act, also to in- 

 corporate the Agricultural Board, and to pass the Fruit Law, and 

 even the Dog Law. We now ask the Legislature to recognize our 

 work. We wouldn't have an Agricultural College if the Society had 

 not used its influence at that time. It does not reflect on the men 

 to ask the Governor to amend the act so as to have the Board of Trus- 

 tees composed of fruit growers. I am in favor of this resolution. 



There may be objections to this resolution, but the gentleman 

 has not brought any out. 



Question was called for and the motion was put and carried. 



THE OZARKS FOR FRUIT. 



(G. T. Tippin, Nichols, Mo.). 



My subject is broad, high and deep. The range of its title covers 

 a vast area. The elevations vary from a common level to i,8oo feet 

 above the sea. Its soil varies from the most fertile alluvial to the solid 

 rock and its crop conditions from the slough of despair to the plateau 

 of eminent success. Its experiences are as the sands of the sea, un- 

 numbered, and while many wrecks are strewn upon its shores, upon 

 its mountain sides and at its summit, yet, standing among these are 

 the innumerable host of successes that contributed their share — if 

 not more — to the greatest fruit show in the history of the world. 



