WINTER MEETING. 



FORTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MISSOURI 

 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The first session was held on Thursday afternoon, and was occupied 

 with the business of the Society, inchiding the reports of the Secretary 

 and Treasurer, recognition of delegates from Green county, Missouri 

 Valley and St. Joseph Societies, and from Tennessee, Arkansas, Iowa, 

 Illinois and South Dakota State Societies. 



Reports were heard from the delegates to the Iowa, Illinois and 

 West Virginia meetings. 



Resolutions were passed recommending the establishment of a 

 National Apple Day, and approving the efi'orts of the American Civic 

 Association to preserve the beauty of Niagara Falls. The election of. 

 officers resulted in the election of C. H. Dutcher, Warrensburg, Presi- 

 dent ; T. H. Todd, New Franklin, First Vice-President, and W. T. Flour- 

 noy, Second Vice-President; L. A. Goodman, Secretary, and A. T. Nel- 

 son, Lebanon, Mo., Treasurer. 



The welcome to Kansas City was made by Hon. H. M. Beardsley, 

 president of city council. Each session was made unusually interesting 

 and valuable by a lecture by a scientific man. There was an extra large 

 attendance, and the practical papers were splendid, and brought out 

 vigorous discussion. Many of the more important ones are printed in 

 full in this issue of The Farm Money Maker. 



The notes on fruit breeding, by Prof. N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. 

 D., showed the need of thought along this line, and of efforts not only 

 by the scientist, but by the practical man to produce new varieties that 

 for our district will withstand the droughts, diseases and cold as well. 

 Prof. Hansen enunciated and explained some of the vital principles 

 underlying this creating of new kinds and forms. Prof. Hansen is a 

 genius in this line of work, and was the first agricultural explorer sent 

 out by the United States Department of Agriculture. From his trip 

 through Siberia, Turkestan, Russia and China he brought back five car 

 loads of seeds and plants for the department. 



