306 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



4. Your committee fully endorses the work of the secretary in 

 collecting statistics in regard to the fruit crop of the State, and, if suf- 

 ficient means can be provided, recommend that the work be carried on 

 to as full an extent as possible. 



5. Your committee recommend that the Executive Committee of 

 this society is hereby authorized and directed to secure the services of 

 some competent person to investigate the injuries to plants caused by 

 parasitic fungi, and also to secure the services of some competent 

 Entomologist. For the expense of these investigations an appropriation 

 of five hundred dollars per annum from the funds of the society is 

 recommended if it can be obtained from the legislature for that pur- 

 pose. 



Amended so as to leave with the Executive Committee. 



6. Your committee recommends that this society send a delegate 

 to the next meeting of the American Pomological Society, and also 

 that one be appointed to represent this society at the meeting of the 

 Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Arkansas and Kansas State Horticultural So- 

 cieties. 



7. In the matter of the revision of the apple list, your committee 

 recommends the appointment of a special committee who shall under- 

 take the revision of the list, giving special attention to the date of 

 ripening and selling season of each, this committee to report at our 

 next annual meeting. 



8. The appointment of a committee to provide rules for the gov- 

 ernment of the judges in our fruit exhibits, in order to secure uniform- 

 ity of awards is recommended. 



9. Your committee recommends that Article III, of the constitu- 

 tion of the society be so amended that their terms of office shall begin 

 on the first day of June following their election. All of which is 

 respectfully submitted. 



S. M. TRACY, 



z. s. eaga:n', 



Committee. 



