:{14 MISSOURI STATE IIURTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Ilohnaii — Another man from Springfield offers and sends one 

 hundred trees to be distributed, provided the fruit committee like the ap- 

 pie. 



I move that the secretary quote the statute referred to, in his ne.xt 

 published report, so that any member of the society can use it when he 

 wishes an appropriation from his eounty court for the good of horticul- 

 ture. 



Invitations for the ne.xt meeting of the society were received from 

 Brookfield; Springfield, Lebannon and Poplar Bluff, all of which were 

 referred to the executive committee. 



FRIDAY, DECEMBER /th, 2 P. M. 



Report of the committeee on transportation was read by secretary, 

 received and adopted. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION. 



Your committee on transportation find themselves hampered by 

 many untoward circumstances. The subject is' a broad one, and its suc- 

 cessful solution depends upon the mutually beneficial relations of the 

 producer and the transportation companies. 



The producer needs and demands cheap and rapid transit for his 

 fruits; the transportation companies on the other hand very resonably 

 demand that the producer shall furnish them sufficient business to in- 

 demnify them against financial loss, in the preparation of, and the sup- 

 plying of these facilities. The question then is, are the fruit producers 

 of Missouri in a position to perform their necessary part in effecting this 

 mutually beneficial arrangement.-* On the other hand, the fact is generally 

 recognized that if rapid and cheap rates were guaranteed, the fruit Indus- 



