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BIG MEETING OF MISSOURI HORTICULTURISTS. 



The forty-ninth annual meeting of the Missouri Horticultural 

 Society at Boonville, December 4, 5 and 6, was a success from the 

 opening prayer to the close of the last session, with an attendance 

 from the various parts of the State and outside states of about 

 300. Local attendance was large and the interest taken made a 

 lively time of every discussion. 



The executive session was held Thursday morning, including 

 reports of committees, election of officers and other business items. 

 Secretary Goodman's report was exceptionally interesting, and 

 will be printed in full next week. 



The following officers were elected, term of office to commence 

 with the June meeting in 1907 : 



President, C. H. Dutcher, Warrensburg; first vice-president, T. 

 H. Todd, New Franklin ; second vice-president, W. D. Maxwell, St. 

 Joseph; secretary, G. T. Tippin, Nichols; treasurer, A. T. Nelson, 

 Lebanon. 



It will be noticed that this year the Society changes secre- 

 taries, for the first time in 25 years. For this number of years 

 L. A. Goodman has put his life and energy into our Horticultural 

 Society, and through his efforts and the willing support of the 

 members has brought the Missouri Society into national promi- 

 nence and Missouri to be the premier apple state. Nothing less 

 than his wish could have induced the Society to accept his resig- 

 nation. As expressed by Col. J. C. Evans in a resolution, unani- 

 mously adopted by the Society, we do not say good-by to our Sec- 

 retary, but only relieve him from the duty of office. In our new 

 Secretary the Society has chosen one of no less ability, though 

 younger and perhaps of less experience in the work of the So- 

 ciety. Yet the choice was wisely made, and Secretary-elect Tippin 

 may assume the duties of office with the assurance that the whole 

 Society is ready to support him. 



The name of the Society, as generally known, has been changed 

 from ''Missouri State Horticultural Society" to "Missouri Horti- 

 cultural Society." This change was made because in the act creat- 

 ing this Society the word "State" was omitted, and the name on 

 the records of the State reads thus. 



Although Hon. Walter Williams of Columbia, Mo., said that he 

 could not tell a Ben Davis apple from a pile of sawdust with a shine 

 on the outside, this does not intimate that he is not well posted 



