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fied that there is hardly any locality where there is any considerable 

 orchard interest where they have no scale. It is very important to 

 start early if we expect to keep it in check. 



President Evans — How far will the three thousand dollars go 

 towards lighting the scale? 



Mr. Stanton— I think if we had $0,000 we could eradicate the 

 scale from the State. I think if you had as much as $5,000 you could 

 make great headway fighting it in Missouri. 



Prof. Steadmau — In two instances it is found in forest trees and 

 and hedge-fences. I think there is more scale in Missouri than in Illi- 

 nois. 



Mr. Stanton — What I have said concerning this insect is for the 

 good of this Society. You should unite and give a strong pull alto- 

 gether. It does not seem necessary that any one should be sent to the 

 Legislature to secure legislation of this kind, but we find that it is im- 

 possible to get any bilbpassed without some one to look after it. 



The following were elected oflQcers for the ensuing year: 



N. F. Murray, President, Oregon, Mo. 



D. A. Robnett, First Vice-Prfsident, Columbia. 



Sam'i Miller, Second Vice-President, Bluffton. 



L. A. Goodman, Secretary, West port. 



A. Nelson, Treasurer, Lebanon. 



RECOLLECTION OF HOW THE STRAWBERRY INDUSTRY 

 WAS STARTED AT SARCOXIE. 



On a pleasant spring morning in February, 1883, my friend Jas. 

 B. Wild and I were talking about growing strawberries when Jim 

 says: "John, why don't you grow strawberries for market?" I said, 

 " why, great guns, Jim, I don't. know how to grow strawberries.'^ Jim 

 said all I had to do was to come up to his nursery and buy about 2,998 

 Crystal City and 1,002 Crescent plants with Wilson for late, (but 

 by the way, Jim didn't know as much about varieties then as he does 

 now ) so I bought my plants as direct, but Jim had forgotten to tell 

 me how to plant them, or perhaps did not know how himself. He had 

 accomplished his part of the deal, viz: selling the plants, so I had to 

 go ahead and do the best I could myself. I plowed a strip of land 

 between two apple tree rows, harrowed and dragged the same, then 

 stretched a rope line the full length of the land; then all was ready 

 for the plants, so now came the scientific part of the work. I first 

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