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Seventh. That our Secretary be authorized to offer the Secretaries of the Iowa 

 :and Wisconsin State societies, to exchange a number of reports, equal to our mem- 

 bership, with a view to furnishing each of our members with a copy of their 

 reports. 



Eighth. That this society elect a delegate to the winter meeting of the Wiscon- 

 sin Horticultural Society, 1882, and to the Iowa Society 1883, and pay reasonable 

 expenses incurred by such delegate ; the object of this, to secure a report of such 

 meetings for publication in our reports. 



The following resolution. No. 9, was laid on the table : 



That the executive committee be authorized to appropriate three hundred dol- 

 lars annually, to be expended in equal amounts at the annual summer and winter 

 meetings in payment of premiums on fruit, flowers and vegetables. 



The committee in closing their report, compliment President Harris on his useful 



And instructive address. 



S. M. Emery, 



J. H. Stevens, 



F. G. Gould, 



Committee. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 



President, John S. Harris, La Crescent. 



Vice-President, 1st District, A. W. Sias, Rochester. 

 2d " S. M. Emery, Lake City. 



3d " G. W. Fuller, Litchfield. 



Secretary, U. S. Hollister, St Paul. 



Treasurer, J. T. Grimes, Minneapolis. 



E. H. S. Dart was elected delegate to the Iowa meeting, session of 

 1883. 



The chair was instructed to appoint delegates to the annual meeting 

 of the State Agricultural Society. 



Upon motion, it was decided to hold the next annual meeting at 

 Minneapolis, begining the third Thursday in January, at 9 a. m., and 

 continue four days. 



Mr. Gibbs presented the following resolution, which was adopted : 



Renolved, that one or more summer meetings for the exhibition of small fruit and 

 flowers be lield at such time and place as the ex-committee may deem best, and 

 that the sum of fifty dollars be appropriated for premiums at such meetings, pro- 

 vided the locality where such meetings are held shall contribute for premiums an 

 amount equal to one-half the amount offered by this society, and that the subject 

 of fall or winter meetings be left to the executive committee, to act at their 

 discretion. 



COMMERCIAL ORCHARDING. 



BY E. B. JORDAN, ROCHESTER, MINN. 



The first steps toward commercial orcharding are the planting and growing of 

 &n orchard and the selection of such varieties as will produce a profitable return of 

 fruit in market. 

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