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President Folwell said he Avould uot discuss the matter further, but he ex. 

 pressed his thanks for the hearing. 



Gen. Xutting moved that the resolutions be referred to a committee of 

 three, which was carried. Mr. Baker, Mr. Taist, and Mr. Gould were then 

 appointed such committee. 



Col. Stevens moved that the report referring to this matter be reatl for the 

 information of President Folwell. 



Judge Baker said that the feeling expressed by President Folwell was 

 shared by the Society, and that whilst they blamed no one for the deticiencies 

 observed, they wished to see matters improved. 



Judge Baker then read the report as follows : 



RKPORT OF COMMITTEE ON STATE UNIVERSITY. 



We, the undersigned having been appointed a committee to visit the State Univei'sity, two 

 years since, would most respectfully beg leave to report that they attended to that duty soon 

 after their said appointment, and they found, to all appearances, a good, well regulated, and 

 prosperous college in all its branches; without any class in Botany, and without the least 

 sign of anything being done in regard to agriculture or horticulture; not even a single green 

 plant for the Professor of Agriculture to lecture from, or demonstrate how plants grbw, but, 

 on the contrary, explaining the same from drawings on the black-board. 



Congress very wisely appropriated land in the interest of education, and while other States 

 have organizations under these grants, in good working order, attended with the most ben- 

 eficial results, ours, by some unaccountable delay, has not established a system of education 

 suitable to the wants of the State. 



Now, we the undersigned, feeling the importance of both agriculture and horticulture to 

 our State, would suggest the forming of classes, the establishment of specimen grounds, and 

 the opening of our farm to the labor of our sons, under competent and practical teachers. 



D. A. J. Baker, 

 Truman M. Smith. 



Judge Baker, from the committee to nominate officers for the Society, re- 

 marked, that, after entire harmony, they had to name the following : 



President — Truman M. Smith. 



V^ice Presidents— J. M. Dart, Gen. L. Nutting, Thomas Eamsdell. 



Secretary — John S. Harris. 



Treasurer — Wyman Elliot. 



Ex. Committee— Wyman Elliot, J. F. True, C. D. McKellip. 



A report from the committee on the Farmer's Union was read by Mr. Elliot, 

 as follows, which was adopted : 



Your committee, having the reading of most of the agricultural and horticultural papers 

 of our country, and believing the Farmers' Union one of the ablest and best adapted papers 

 to Minnesota and the West. Avould respectfully beg leave to make the following report: 



That we adopt the Farmern'' Union as the official organ of the Minnesota Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and that we aid the same by subscribing, and soliciting subscriptions from our friends 

 and neighbors, and by furnishing articles and facts upon horticulture, and similar subjects 

 for publication. 



W. E. Brimhall, 

 L. M. Ford, 

 Wtmak Elliot. 



Col. Stephens expressed his thanks for the support of the Society, and said 

 that w^hilst he had a large amount of money invested in the enterprise, and 

 could get on without pecuniary help, he did need communications, and hoped 



