76 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bv the transactions you will see that on December the thirteenth of 

 last year Ave straightened out matters leaving the Lyon Fund at 

 $7,60iu>0 and the Life Membership Fund at $500.00, so that the perma- 

 nent fund left in my hands as Treasurer is $8,100.00. 



The income of which goes to the Society for its current expense. This 

 makes a clean record and I will find some investment very soon for the 

 amount that has accumulated in the Bank. 



There has been no formal meeting of the Trustees of the Fund this 

 year, but each Trustee is familiar with the condition of the Fund. 

 Considering the fact that the State is cutting off the direct appropria- 

 tion of the Society, we are to be congratulated upon the thoughtfulness 

 of Mr. Lyon in providing for this source of income so that the splendid 

 work of the organization need not be given up for the lack of sup- 

 port. 



Respectfully submitted, 



CHAS. W. GARFIELD, 



Treasurer. 



FRUIT GROWING FROM A WOMAN'S STANDPOINT. 



MRS. PAUL ROSE, ELBERTA. 



Mr. President, Gentlemen and Ladies : Inasmuch as we are supposed 

 to be it, I will show due respect to the gentlemen by addressing them 

 first. When I read the program and saw that I was the only woman on 

 the program, I wondered who the program committee had a grudge 

 against — whether the audience or myself. You will no doubt find before 

 I am through with what I am going to say that I am no talker, but 

 Mr. Rose is here, and so I will say no public talker. If I had been 

 giving more time to speaking, you see I would have had less time for 

 fruit growing. 



Nearly 20 years ago a man and his wife, living near Benton Harbor 

 packed their household goods loaded them into a car and started them 

 up north, to Benzie county. 



While they were being loaded a rain which turned into sleet came up 

 and ruined everything, so far as varnish w r as concerned. A superstitious 

 person would have taken it as a sign to give up the job, but they were 

 not superstitious so kept on with their work. 



In the car with the household goods were two horses, a cow and a 

 calf, a very fine calf. When the engineer came to get the emigrant 

 car. he seemed to have been out of humor (perhaps his wife had not 

 made him a good cup of coffee that morning for his breakfast). He 

 struck the car so hard, it threw the car door open and the little calf 

 fell out. The man with the car asked the conductor to wait for him 

 to put the calf back into the car, only to be told to get in or get left. 



As there was no way to let any one know of the predicament the 

 calf was in, she wandered in the freight yards crying for her mama 

 until the next day, when a good German woman took pity on little 

 black bossy and put her in a barn and fed her. 



