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He chose the cultivation of the strawberry as his specialty, and 

 right well did he do his work. What Mr. Kellogg had become to 

 Michi.s:an and the adjoining states, Air. McNallie was to Missouri and 

 to many other states beyond. We speak truly, I am sure, when we say 

 he did more to improve the quality of the strawberry than any other 

 man in the entire State. So thinks the editor of the Herald, a Sarcoxie 

 paper, who further states, "he was an extensive grower of berries and 

 shipper of plants, and has built up a remarkable good foreign business, 

 shipping plants to nearly every state in the Union." He loved his 

 work, and often said to his boys, "You must love the business and take 

 a pride in it if you would succeed ;" and the boys said in a late letter : 

 "Our father was an intelligent and progressive horticulturist, and it was 

 his introduction of so many new varieties that had such a material in- 

 fluence on the strawberry industry in this section of the country." He was 

 a hard but willing worker, a careful, painstaking horticulturist in his 

 chosen line. 



His example to all who knew him was of the very best, and long 

 will it be cherished in memory. If he was combative, it was always for 

 principle, and his genial personality made him a most agreeable op- 

 ponent. If he failed to show forth his charming disposition in the 

 pointed or written discussion, it was charmingly manifest when his 

 opponent met him face to face. The Sarcoxie Leader said of him, "The 

 deceased possessed many good traits of character. He had a warm 

 and affectionate heart for the needy and helpless, and was always found 

 assisting those in need. He was a man who had the courage of his con- 

 victions, was a hearty supporter of civic righteousness and reform, and 

 was a strong temperance man, always ready and willing to help further 

 the temperance cause. 



"Mr. McNallie's daily walk showed him to be a christian, and all 

 who knew him knew where to find him when a principle was involved." 



To all this we give our hearty consent, and simply add: In his 

 death horticulture has lost a valued student of her secrets, a great 

 worker in her interests, and our Society one of our most valued and 

 shining lights. Happy may we all and each of us be if we so live, love 

 and labor that our end may be like his, and if our work, Hke his, may 

 live after us. 



C. H. DUTCHER, 



G. W. Logan' 

 W. G. Laxe. 



Committee. 

 These resolutions were adopted by a rising vote. 



