92, STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



after a while. There is a time to play and a time to work, and when the 

 time comes to play, let them play. 



Mr. Kice: Let him save his money outside of that. 



Mr. Morrill: I believe the time comes through middle age, for men 

 to save and make money. Let them enjoy animal life, while they are 

 young, onjoj property-getting through middle life, and enjoy the savings 

 in the latter half of life, and not make it a prime idea to hoard. 



Mr. Rice: Did you ever know a man who didn't save money before 

 he was thirty, who ever had any when he was sixty? 



Mr. Morrill: O, you are asking questions now! 



REPORTS OF DELEGATES TO MEETINGS OF OTHER SOCIETIES. 

 BY MR. L. B. RICE, TO THE ONTARIO SOCIETY. 



Your delegates, appointed to attend the annual meeting of the Ontario 

 Fruitgrowers' association, at Woodstock, December 13 to 15, 1895, were 

 very well received by the association, and a very kindly feeling seemed 

 to develop among its members toward our society. The copies of our 

 Rej)orts which you sent, were distributed among the officers and directors 

 of the association, the officers of local societies, and persons interested 

 in the work, and were very gratefully received. 



We found a large association made up of bright and earnest workers 

 who are thoroughly interested in developing the fruitgrowing interests 

 in every part of the province of Ontario. The association has a member- 

 ship of 2,472, an increase of 378 over last year. The gross receipts from 

 membership during the year were $2,477.47. This, with |2,000 given by 

 the government, makes the snug sum of $4,477.47 to use in their work for 

 the year. 



We were interested to know how so many men, representative fruit- 

 growers from all parts of the province, had been brought together in this 

 work — men from the Detroit river to the St. Lawrence and the Ottawa, 

 and from lakes Erie and Ontario to Georgian bay, all united as one in 

 this great work. On inquiry we found that the province was divided 

 into thirteen districts and a good, practical fruitgrower chosen from each 

 district as a director. Each director brings in a report of the work done 

 in his district, and of the variety of fruits peculiar to its climatic 

 influences. While the range of climate is great in Ontario, from mild in 

 the Niagara and lake Erie districts to very cold in the Georgian bay, 

 Ottawa, and St. Lawrence districts, all are fostered and encouraged in 

 their work by the association. The membership is also increased by the 

 valuable monthly published by the association, edited by L. Woolverton 

 of Grimsby, and furnished to each member, this alone being worth the 

 membership fee; but in addition each member is furnished with the 

 annual Report and a share in the annual distribution of plants from the 

 experiment stations. This gives them "value received"' even though they 

 can not attend the meetings. The membership has also been increased 

 by one of the directors who has been employed to travel and hold meet- 



