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Mr, Holman, after reading his report spoke of the many items of 

 expenses that had to be incurred by the officers of the society at St. 

 Louis, and said that they had made all the bills as small as possible. 



Mr. Evans — It required a great deal of work, much writing, and 

 printer's ink to work up that great fruit show. We worked and talked 

 for over three years. Colman's Rural World did more than all the rest 

 of us together. We tried for a whole week to get the managers of the 

 exposition to give us the room and fit it up for us, and were ready to go 

 home in disgust ; but we went to the Rural World , and its editor said 

 that it would not do to give it up, we will go and see those managers 

 separately at their homes or places of business. And the result you all 

 know. I recommend the Rural World to the farmers and fruit-growers 

 as one of the best and most reliable papers published. 



jWr. Holman — I move that a vote of thanks be given to the Rural 

 World for its part in this work. 



Mr. Holsinger — I second that motion, and move that we send 

 along a barrel of the finest apples on these tables with the vote of 

 thanks. 



Carried unanimously. 



Mr. Hollozvay — I move that a vote of thanks be extended to every 

 county court in the state that made an appropriation for the benefit of 

 the Missouri Fruit show. 



Carried. 



Secretary Goodman stated that the law found in Section 4057, re- 

 vised statutes, gives them the right to appropriate $150 in premiums or 

 for displays annually for any purpose that will benefit the county. 



Mr. Murray — I know something of the work performed to make 

 that Fruit Show, and I am agreeably surprised to find that the cost was 

 less than $700. I supposed it would be $1,500. Thanks are due to our 

 worthy secretary, L. A. Goodman. He worked hard to get everything 

 done as cheap as possible, doing much of the work himself, I have posi- 

 tive evidence that men have come to seek homes in our state from the 

 effects of that show. 



ANYTHING FOR THE GOOD OF THE SOCIETY. 



Mr. Goodman — I have received from John B. Gill, of Springdale, 

 Ark., one hundred i -yean old Coffelt apple trees, tied in bunches of five 

 each, which he wishes to be distributed to the members of the society 

 I'esiding in different parts of the state, for trial. You may propagate 

 from these for your own use, but not to sell. Mr. Murray will please 

 distribute the trees. 



