100 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



beauty stand on dress parade, and the scene would have its ef- 

 fect. The lessons of the state farm would reach every country. 

 The expense will not be great. With a small outlay the experi- 

 ment station at York has secured ■ a collection which attracts 

 people from various parts of the state. 



One efficient man under the direction of the faculty and Prof. 

 Emerson could attend to the whole thing, and further than this, 

 in two or three years things could readily be sold to pay all ex- 

 penses. There could be no complaint of competition any more 

 than there could be objections to selling cattle from the station. 



We can but emphasize this matter and we want to see such a 

 pressure brought to bear that the farm shall be a garden of de- 

 light to all who visit it. 



There is no reason why a great state like ours with a soil so 

 rich and responsive should drag along with so little to show for 

 all these years. We know that careful experiments have been 

 conducted along some lines, but this is not enough. 



. DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Beltzer: I don't want to criticize any of the officers of 

 our society, but I do really regret from the bottom of my heart, 

 that things had not been arranged so that he could have de- 

 livered that paper to the audience last night. With a gentleman 

 who knows as much on that subject as he, it ought to have been 

 so arranged that he could have delivered this last evening. I 

 know I would have felt better myself. The Harrison family 

 is quite noted, have been here quite a while. I have been in 

 Polk county for 32 years, and they have had their agents there 

 through that country a great deal, and I have the first one to 

 ever meet who has ever purchased these fine flowers from the 

 Harrison boys. Everybody knows he hves in Nebraska; that 

 people are very anxious to pay $1, $2, $3 and $4 for a good plant. 

 I think if he would jack up the boys a little and get these started 

 out as they should be, it would be a good thing. 



Mr. C. S. Harrison: I didn't care for the audience last 

 night, I wanted to get those horticulturists at short range. 



H S. Harrison: I would like to apologize for my father in 

 this case. He came by all his energy and enthusiam along this 



