SECRETARY'S ANNOUNCEMENT 167 



SECRETARY'S ANNOUNCEMENT. 



October 1, 1913. 

 To the Readers of the 1913 Report: 



On August 1, 1913, our most efficient secretary, Mr. C. G. Marshall, 

 resigned the position of secretary, to take the managership of the Eastern 

 Nebraslia Fruit Growers' Association, witli headquarters at Nebrasl^a City. 

 This association is Composed of practically all the growers in eastern 

 Nebraska who spray and take good care of their orchards. Mr. Mar- 

 shall has done efficient work in building up our Society and putting it on 

 the map as a progressive society of a progressive fruit state since he has 

 had charge of the secretary's office. The Society sustained a distinct loss 

 when Mr. Marshall quit serving us in an official capacity, but as long as 

 he is identified with the horticultural interests of the state he will be a 

 booster for the Society. He is an aggressive and enterprising young 

 man and will make a success of whatever he undertakes. The Eastern 

 Nebraska Fruit Growers' Association is indeed fortunate in procuring the 

 services of Mr. Marshall, as he will build up a reputation for them that 

 will be worth more than can be coiinted iu dollars and cents. 



During the month of August our esteemed president acted as secre- 

 ,tary, and it was due to his untiring efforts that, in this year of extreme 

 ■(drouth and heat, the fruit show at the 1913 state fair equaled any show 

 ©f recent years when the state was blessed with more abundant moisture. 



On August 30, the board met and accepted Mr. Marshall's resignation 

 and elected your humble servant as Mr. Marshall's successor, to take 

 effect on September 1, 1913. Although I have had several years' expe- 

 rience growing fruit in Nebraska, yet I took charge of the office with a 

 feeling that there is a great responsibility and work devolving on me to 

 keep the work up to the standard set by Mr. Marshall and to push the 

 work forward. I need the help of every, member of the Society to do 

 this and help put Nebraska in the front rank as a fruit-producing state 

 where she rightfully belongs. 



All the material in this report up to this article was in the printer's 

 hands when I took charge of the office. The first thing he told me was 

 that we needed more material to make up the necessary number of pages. 

 I immediately got busy and have tried to gather articles that seem to be 

 of great importance to the horticultural ititerests of the state at present, 

 and be of record to the readers of future years. If the report is not up 

 to former years, remember "this is my first attempt and I hope that you 

 will bear with me this tiine. ? , 



Yours for a better ftorticulture" Society. f 



J. R. DUNCAN, 



Secretary. 



