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Wc want something that shall ?how the capacity of our orchards 

 and the quality of our soil as a state ; something that shall command 

 the attention and admiration of other states and of other peoples far and 

 near, that shall convince them that Missouri is worthy of attention and 

 deserving of more than a passing notice; that shall impress them in such 

 a way as to compel them to cry for more ; then will they discover, what 

 many thousands ought to have known years ago, that this is one of the 

 grandest states in the union, and the one above all others in which they 

 can settle to advantage both to themselves and their children after them. 



There are many ways of doing this, and in a council of promi- 

 nent men there would develop a great variety of opinions as to which is 

 the best. We are just now presenting an idea for the consideration of 

 the members of the State Horticultural Society, and one which they 

 can make work to advantage, viz : a Missouri Fr ait Show, a show that 

 shall command at once the attention and the admiration of all, and 

 whose very greatness shall compel its publication far and wide even if it 

 does not bring the people to see it. Such a collection of fruit as we 

 contemplate, could be made from the counties of Missouri, and the 

 largest hall on the St. Louis fair grounds would be too small to contiin 

 it. Each one of fifty counties would take pride in collecting, packing 

 and displaying its own production, and in making the most and best 

 of them, and a committee ot the State Horticultural Society have the su- 

 perintendence of the whole. 



Should the society contemplate such an effort, we doubt not that 

 the fair association would afford them space, though we have not ap- 

 proached them on the subject, and facilitate the enterprise all they prop- 

 erly could. Will the enterprising secretary, Mr. L. A. Goodman, think 

 of this and submit it to the society at its annual meeting.? — Rural 

 World, Nov. 26th, 18S5. 



