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About twelve barrels were saved for this meeting, a lot of baskets 

 were filled for the officers of the exposition, a lot was given to the men 

 who assisted in carrying up the boxes and barrels, and the rest were sold. 



As a final result, the expense was about $700.00, and that report 

 will be furnished by our Treasurer, and we feel that at least we have done 

 some good, and that the State Society is entitled to the credit for it. 



L. A. GOODMAN, 



Secretary. 



Miss Edna Sterrett than gave an artistic rendering of " Gone with 

 a Handsomer Man." After which Mrs. T. J. Modie sang a solo most 

 charmingly. 



HORTICULTURE. 



WILLIE FOREMAN, NEVADA. 



Horticulture, according to Webster, means " The Art of Cultivating 

 Gardens." As an art, horticulture dates back thousands of years but as 

 a science it is new. When man ceased his nomadic roamings, he had no 

 wild herbs, such as onions, garlics, etc , which he gathered along, to rely 

 upon, but had to follow horticultural pursuits more or less. Like to-day 

 he traded and trafificed. One man might put his whole time and atten- 

 tion to agriculture, while another would have his little herd of cattle or 

 sheep. We find from history, that the Egyptians were the first to culti- 

 vate the soil, and each nation afterward follows agricultural pursuits more 

 or less, excepting the Carthagenians, who were traders ; being traders, 

 they required the rights of the Mediterranean, and, as nations grew up 

 on their opposite borders, they disputed their rights, and, it is said, had 

 it not been for its wars, it would not have been known. Therefore we 

 see the nations, which had the most agriculture, rank foremost. There is 

 Rome, who had the most agriculture, stood the conquerors of the world. 



