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fertilizer without compensation therefor. The 3-ear "1903" furnished 

 a very small and poor crop of fruit, and for tliat reason great difficulty 

 Avas encountered in securing- a proper display. The State Horticul- 

 tural Society having an organization throughout the State of the fruit 

 growers of every section, rendered this department a very valuable 

 service in securing from every section of the State, the best fruit pro- 

 duced this year, representing every section of the State. The result 

 of this work .was to secure some 2,400 jars ot high grade representa- 

 tive Missouri fruit which made the most extensive and complete ex- 

 hibit ever shown at any Exposition. 



The next important work was to secure during the months of 

 September and October, IQ03, some 1,200 barrels of apples for use in 

 the Missouri Exhibit during 1904. Owing to the poor crop, this also 

 was a most difficult undertaking. It was necessary to make this dis- 

 play cover as many parts of the State as possible and to represent all 

 the best apples produced in the State. The gathering, selection and 

 packing of these barrels became a work that was only successfully 

 accomplished through the active support of the members of the State 

 Horticultural Society throughout the State. All of this was accom- 

 plished with a great deal of extra labor and unusual expense because 

 of the great care it took to make such a collection when the crop was 

 so short. The result was, how^ever, that we secured 1,200 barrels of 

 the best specimens of apples ever gotten together, wrapped them in 

 double thicknesses of waxed and tissue paper, packed them in barrels and 

 sent them to previously arranged cold storage at the Armour Packing 

 Co. of Kansas Gity, St. Louis Ice and Refrigerating Co. of St. Louis, 

 Artesian Ice & Cold Storage Cc. of St. Joseph and the Springfield Ice 

 & Cold Storage Co. of Springfield, Mo. 



And great credit is due to the following 64 men throughout the 

 State, whose service from one to six weeks each was secured in gather- 

 ing these apples: W. G. Gano of Parkville, C. A. Emery of Carthage, 

 J. H. Marion of Fulton, J. H. ^turphy of South St. Joseph, S. H. \'an- 

 Trump of Elniira, Wm. Mooney of Montreal, G. A. Atwood of Spring- 

 field, J. W. Tippin of Nichols, J. E. May of La Plata, Polster Bros, of 

 Warrenton, H. W. Jenkins of Boonville, F. H. Speakman of Neosho, 

 J. S. Butterfield of Lee's Summit, Chas. Teubner of Lexington, D. 

 Lowmiller of Parkville, C. Thorp of Weston, S. R. Walker of Liberty, 

 N. F. Murray of Oregon, D. A. Robnett of Columbia, H. H. Parks of 

 Springfield, A. T. Nelson of Lebanon, B. Logan of Logan, W. S. 

 Crouch of Carrollton, C. T. Mallinckrodt of St. Charles, J. H. G. 

 Jenkins of Spring Garden, H. S. Wayman of Princeton, C. H. William- 



