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The committee, after consultation, decided that the important and 

 valuable suggestions of the address would render desirable the publi- 

 cation of the paper in pamphlet form for general distribution, to be sent 

 to the leading agricultural papers of the country, and to such persons 

 as might be benefited and instructed thereby, thus increasing interest 

 in the society and its work. The report gives a plan for raising publi- 

 cation money. The report of the committee was adopted, and two 

 thousand copies of the president's address were ordered published. 



"the press and horticulture" 



was the title of a paper read by Mr. Herbert Myrick, of Massachusetts, 

 who said: ''The press has done much to encourage the fruit-growing 

 for the home, but it has done little toward telling how to sell fruit. The 

 space between the producer and the consumer is too wide. The fruit- 

 grower wants the press to aid him in co-operative selling. The press 

 may also be used to discover new markets in this and other countries. 

 Reports of fruit crops have been generally neglected, but these reports 

 should be looked after. The reports should cover the whole country. 

 If the press had done its whole duty toward horticulture. Congress ere 

 this would have passed the Hatch experimental station bill, which ap- 

 propriated 6lo,000 to every State Agricultural College for the founding 

 of the stations. The press and farmers have been very silent regard- 

 ing the passage of this bill. Many papers refuse to notice new fruits 

 and patented inventions for fear of advertising some one. The sub- 

 scriber wants his journal to describe new fruits before the news is 

 stale. The dealers and nurserymen's papers are good, although they 

 are generally advertisements for the proprietors. The horticulturists 

 should write for the press. These writers are few. Men who have 

 never written for the press sometimes send the best of news founded 

 upon experience. Local horticulturists should keep local papers in- 

 formed of their proceedings." 



At the opening of the afternoon session Professor Lazenby, of the 

 Ohio State University, delivered an address on the comparative growth 

 of trees, illustrating his lecture with specimens from the experimental 

 station. "Our State is divided into four agricultural divisions," said 

 Professor Lazenby, "one the grass and grain growing section, another 

 small fruits, the third vegetables, and the fourth trees. There are few 

 States where the area of forest is so small in comparison with the tilled 

 land as in Ohio. I desire this afternoon to discuss the comparative 

 growth of trees. I have made experiments with a number of common 



