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itig loans, and in many sections about the only dreary spot that is to be 

 found is the school ground, which should be made a most attractive 

 spot. I think there should be a law passed by this state that every 

 school district should have trees and plants put on the school grounds 

 and a tax provided to maintain the same by the school district. The 

 age of the school child is a most receptive one and the time of going 

 to school will always be a pleasant memory in their minds, especially 

 if the grounds are made attractive and it will always be remembered by 

 them, but instead of this we find so many grounds without a tree or a 

 shrub on them, set out on the prairie, subject to all the v/ind and cold, 

 and not a spot which would attract anyone. It is not only the beauty 

 and attractiveness of the place, but by cultivating trees and flowers you 

 would inculcate in the child a love of nature, which should be one of 

 the prime matters and subjects in its education which should be taught 

 him, and if this paper would lead to a law to plant trees and shrubs in 

 school gardens I would feel that what little effort I have spent in the 

 preparatio'n of this would result in great value. 



RESULTS AT THE CHAMBERS EXPERIMENT STATION. 



J. L. COPPOC, CHAMBERS, KEB. 



Mr. President and Oentleynen of the State Horticultural Society: Our 

 secretary has detailed me to give some results from the Chambers ex- 

 periment station, which task I undertake with some satisfaction, be- 

 lieving that while no great thing has been accomplisned yet some little 

 has been done to advance the interests of horticulture through this sta- 

 tion. It may seem to the uninitiated a small matter that this society 

 should give a few plants to certain persons in different parts of the 

 state who are to piant and cultivate them and report results. But let 

 an observing man pass through the different counties of the state and 

 "note the ragged-looking orchards to be seen all over the state, and let 

 him make inquiry among the farmers as to what success they have had 

 with fruit trees and many of them will tell that they have spent hundreds 

 of dollars and have very little or it may be nothing to show for it. Here 

 is a case in point: If you should go up into Holt county you will find 

 hundreds of Mariana plum trees scattered all over the south part of 

 the county, and if you ask the planters why they bought such trees they 

 will tell 3^ou that the agent told them they were all right. This brings 

 me to the first point to which I wish to call your attention as resulting 

 from the work of the Chambers experiment station. Men are not spend- 

 ing money experimenting with new and untried kinds of fruits, but are 

 buying those varieties which have been tried and proven to be adapted 

 to our soil and climate. When agents come around offering to sell high- 

 priced novelties they are told that we have varieties that we know will 

 do well here, which varieties we prefer to plant. You had better have 



