REPORTS OF COUNTY SOCIETIES. 209 



BARRY COUNTY. 



As Secretary of Barry County Horticultural Society, I offer the 

 following as a report of what has been done in 1897 : 



We see from the reading of county and society reports many of 

 them begin with introduction and close with introduction. It is hard 

 to tell if they have an organization or not, or whether they grow fruit, 

 corn, hay, cattle or hogs, or real estate agents or town boomers, etc. 



I believe we should make these reports, giving facts and figures of 

 what we have had, what we have and what we aim to do in the horti- 

 cultural work. 



Barry county has been organized years. At present we have 28 

 members. President, H. C. Fitch, of Seligman ; Secretary, G. G. 

 James, of Exeter. The county society is composed of six local socie- 

 ties, one each, as follows: Monett, Purdy, Butterfield, Exeter, Wash- 

 burn and Seligman. 



The county society meets once each month, on the last Saturday. 

 We held 11 meetings in 1897. We will have no meeting in December, 

 as the iast Saturday is Christmas day. We have a regular program 

 each meeting. Papers are read on different subjects, and published 

 in the county papers. We discuss all these subjects. We have worked 

 hard for organization, co-operation, transportation and distribation. 

 We are proud to say we have been successful ; have almost perfected 

 the organization of the Southwest Cooperative Union, embracing the 

 territory of Southwest Missouri and Northwest Arkansas. Next 

 Tuesday, December 7, we hold a meeting at Monett to elect officers 

 and executive committee. All the proceedings of these meetings have 

 been published in the Southwest, at Springfield. 



REPORTS AND NO REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL SOCIETIES. 



Monett — No report. OldoflScers: President, R. D. Creel; Sec- 

 retary, Geo. Raupp ; Shipped in 1897, 44 car-loads strawberries. 



Purdy — President, ; Secretary, B. Kirby. Shipped in 1897, 



4,800 crates strawberries ; 3 cars apples. 



Butterfield — President, ; Secretary, Geo. D. Bethune. Ship- 

 ped in 1897, 461 carates strawberries; 171 barrels apples. 



Exeter — President, W. W. Witt; Secretary, M. L. Freeze; 36 mem- 

 bers; meets first and second Saturday in each month. Shipped in 

 1897, 1,900 crates stiawberries ; 700 crates raspberries ; 100 crates 

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