SUMMER MEETING AT BROOKFIELD. 63 



EEPOET OF GEEEXE COUNTY. 



J. P. DAILY, SPRINGFIELD, MO. 



The horticultural societies of our State have no reason to be 

 ashamed of their work, and we find that some of the best hours of our 

 life are spent with the horticultural society. 



You can see the results of our society all around the place now, 

 and can easily tell who belong to the horticultural societies. Grapes 

 are now grown where we did not think it could be done. We are in- 

 creasing our plantings in all directions, and it is all the result of our 

 horticultural society. 



Mr. A. Nelson organized a farmers' club and held weekly meetings. 

 The horticultural society was organized six months ago, and we now 

 have a good live horticultural society and are doing first-rate work, and 

 now if the State society will come there we will show what we can do. 



D. S. Holman — The State society should help the county societies, 

 and the county societies should stand by the State society, in whatever 

 they attempt to do. We will be a union and work as one man. The 

 society should organize every county in the State as soon as possible. 



ITEMS FEOM HOLT COUNTY. 



W. R. LAUGHLIN. 



Our county horticultural society is reasonably prosperous; it is on 

 the gain. We know that its members and its dollars should be five 

 times as many as they are, but we do not expect to see everything as 

 it should be, so we work along and are doing not a little. 



The memories of the time, a year ago, when the June meeting of 

 the State society was held at our county seat, are still fragrant among 

 our members and with the outside citizens. 



Our strawberry festival for the current year was held on the first 

 day of June. The large room in the court-house was full of people. 



