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and into April there wan no frost. T never saw a betip'- nrosnent for a 

 maenifif-ent oroi) of frint, but alasl the temperature fell aud so dirt the 

 snow, and our beautiful cro]) was gone. 



Although our crop was almost a failuie, our annual meeting was 

 well attended and all seemed inclined to take a cheerful view of the 

 situation and hope for something better in the future. There was a fair 

 show of fruit from the southern district. Mr. Langham had some fine 

 grapes from the central district. Dr. Dennis, of Cedar Rapids, and Mr. 

 Wragg, of Waukee, showed good collections of nuts. The best walnuts 

 and hickory nuts shown so far were found in Linn county. There seems 

 to be quite an interest taken in the collection and propagation of nuts, 

 so I think we may look for something fine in the near future. 



Our experimental stations have several thousand seedling plants from 

 hand fertilized seed from our best fruits and ornamental iilants from 

 which we expect great results in the near future. 



The burning question before the association was the smudge pots. 

 Some seemed to think they could almost raise fruit in the winter with 

 them. They will have to be tested further, I think, before any definite 

 value can be placed on their work. 



In the southwest district they had some fruit, and there was one 

 man who had a large orchard, who reported that he saved his fruits by 

 the smudge pots, and thought they were a great thing. Another man 

 right across the road who had a seasoned orchard used no smudge pots 

 and had just as good a crop as the other man had with the same exposure- 

 Mr. Youngers: Would not it have been possible for that man to have 

 the benefit of the other man's smudge? 



A. No, the wind drifted the other way. 



L. O. Williams: Who do you refer to, what orchards were those? 



A. One belonged to Mr. Spencer, I believe. 



Chairman: I am sure we are always glad to welcome delegates from 

 the societies of other states and are always pleased to hear from these 

 delegates, and we are pleased to hear from this delegate from Iowa. 

 We are neighbors and we ought to be friendly and sociable. 



Mr. Russell: Have we any other delegates from other states present? 



Chairman: ' I believe there are no others. 



Mr. Russell: I move that Mr. Tanner be made an annual honorary 

 member of this society. Seconded by Mr. Stephens and carried unan- 

 imously. 



Mr. Tanner: I thank you, gentlemen, for the honor. 



Chairman: We will now have a paper by Mr. E. F. Stephens, on the 

 subject of "The Varieties of Timber Trees Most Called for in the Trade, 

 and Their Comparative Merits." 



FOREST TREES MOST CALLED FOR IN THE TRADE AND THEIR 



COMPARATIVE MERITS. 



E. F. STEPHENS, CKETE. 



Coming to Nebraska when pre-emption could yet be secured in Saline 

 countv. and having exercised the rights of pre-emption and timber claim 



