242 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Follett wanted the society to have three apples, a sweet, a sub- 

 acid, and an acid one analyzed by a competent chemist with a view tO' 

 determining their relative value as food for man and stock. 



Frof. Taft said that such analysis bad been made frequently and 

 that it would cost about one hundred dollars for the society to have 

 such an analysis made. 



The following was presented by Mr. Follett : 



Resolved, That a committee of three shall be appointed to present 

 at the next meeting of this society, a chemical analysis showing the 

 relative nutritive power of three kinds of apples: Ist, a very sour; 

 2d, a tart or slightly sour ; 3d, a sweet. The standard of comparison 

 to be expressed in per cent, per pound. 



Committee : J. B. Follett, S. M. Tracy and :N". F. Murry. 



SECEBTAEY'S EEPOET. 



Again we greet you, dear friends, at our annual meeting. Our so- 

 ciety has been prospering and growing in spite of the many drawbacks 

 that have4)eset us by the way. 



It seems to me that we are in the position to make another on- 

 ward step ; we need closer organization, more systematic work and 

 b"etter means for our development than ever before. To take this 

 step perhaps it will be necessary for us to become incorporated as a 

 State Horticultural Society. We need more money to keep up with 

 our growth and if we ask the State we will get it. A special effort in 

 this direction will be necessary this year or we will lose our prestage 

 and fall behind our sister States. 



The work we have done the last few years and the good we have 

 accomplished, and the position we now occupy is equal to that of any 

 of our State societies. 



We have as good men, as good horticulturists, as good specialists, 

 as good workers, as good fruit farms, as good lands, as good climate 

 and as good successes as does any other State in the Union. 



Our advantages and our resources have just begun to be known, 

 and the beginning of our best and most necessary work as a society is 

 just dawning upon us. 



