REPORTS OF COUNTY SOCIETIES. 



OREGON COUNTY. 



Officers — I. M. Culver, President ; J. D. Alderson, Secretary ; P. 

 W. Sargent, Vice-President ; D. C. Huxley, Treasurer. 



Sixteen members. 



Meetings held first Saturday in each month, held alternately at 

 Kashkonong and Thayer, and occasionally at homes of members. But 

 few papers are read, discussions predominating. 



The fruit crop as a whole was a moderate one. 



Our trees and plants are in fine shape for a full crop another year.^ 



S. W. 'Gilbert, Thayer, Mo. 



SARCOXIE. 



We, the undersigned committee, beg leave to offer the following 

 report on the Sarcoxie Horticultural Association : 



The Sarcoxie Horticultural Association meets on Thursday even- 

 ing on or before the full moon of each month. 



Officers— J. M. Davidson, President ; James H. Foster, Vice- 

 President ; Henry Adkins, Secretary ; John W. Osborn, Treasurer^ 

 Henry Adkins, James H. Foster and J. C. Reynolds, Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Annual election on the regular meeting in November. 



Object: To advance the interest in growing and shipping fruits. 



The Sarcoxie Horticultural Association was organized November, 

 1890, with sixteen members and sixty-five acres in strawberries. Now 

 we have eighty-five members and 500 acres in strawberries, besides a 

 number of fine young orchards. 



First year we shipped fourteen cars of berries. Last year we 

 shipped forty-three full cars, besides the express shipments off of 200^ 



