56 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



On account of such things, unimproved land here is so valueless 

 that I would be glad to sell 10,000 acres at $ 1.25 an acre that I have 

 carried about 10 years. Yours, etc., 



W. W. SOUTHGATE. 



P. S. Send me a buyer for my fruit, my orchard, everything I 

 have but my wife and children. 



EEPOET OF BARTON COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



B. D. HAYES, LAMAR, MO. 



To the President and Members of the Missouri State Horticultural Society: 

 The Barton County society respectfully submits for your consid- 

 eration the following report: 



Our society is in a flourishing condition, its membership is steadily 

 increasing, and there is a growing interest in horticulture. Our society 

 is in its infancy, only six months old, and its members as a rule only 

 beginners in the work of horticulture; but we are learning, and hope in 

 the near future to make our society the equal of any local society in 

 the State. The business men of our county, and especially of Lamar, 

 are beginning to manifest quite an interest in the success of our cause. 

 Our present membership is fifty-one, and before the close of the 

 year we expect to be able to report three times fifty. 



REPORT OF MONTGOMERY CO. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



F. LIOIs T RERGER, HUGO, MO. 



The June meeting of the Montgomery county horticultural society 

 was held at the Hugo horticultural hall, Saturday, June 1. After being 

 called to order, the minutes read and approved, a Fruit committee, con- 



