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Mr. Hobbs: The rules provide that the exhibit shall be the product of 

 the exhibitor— that the exhibitor shall be the gi-ower of the fruit. In 

 awarding State Fair premiums this has been ignored, and on account of 

 precedent we have been obliged to ignore it here today. If this Society 

 wants to adhere to this rule of excluding all fruit that is offered for ex- 

 hibition in the name of others than the grower they can provide that each 

 exhibitor shall certify that the frait he exhibits was grown by himself. 



Professor Troop's motion was adopted. 



Mr. Zion: The Committee on President's Address is ready to report. 



Indiana Horticultural Society: Your Committee on President's Address 

 beg leave to report that we have carefully examined the entire address 

 and consulted other members in reference to the same. We are con- 

 vinced that all its observations and recommendations on horticulture and 

 forestry conditions are live questions of the hour, and will secure for his 

 address a place among the best addresses ever delivered to our Society, 

 and will do much toward increasing interest and membership in our So- 

 ciety, if given a wide circulation, and we hereby ask that it be accepted 

 as a whole. 



We further recommend that 3,000 copies be printed in pamphlet form 

 and be distributed by our secretary through all County Horticultural and 

 Agricultural Societies, all State institutions, superintendents of schools, 

 township trustees, etc. Respectfully submitted. 



J. M. ZION. 



AMOS GARRETSON. 



Mr. Zion: If we are careful in the expenditure of our money for 

 printing, I think we will have enough left to print the president's address 

 for distribution. This will call special attention to the Horticultural So- 

 ciety. The establishment in this city offers to print 2,000 for 



six dollars. The company wanted twenty dollars for printing 



2,000. I think this report should be printed and I am sure we have a 

 secretary who will see to its distribution. 



The motion to adopt first clause of the report of committee carried. 



It was moved and seconded that 3,000 copies of the President's address 

 be printed for distribution. 



Mr. Burton: I don't think that is necessary. I do not understand why 

 this special expense should be incurred. I would rather spend the money 

 in getting out a large number of copies of the whole proceedings. This 

 would be establishing a dangerous precedent. The next president would 



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