SKORETARI S ANNUAL REPORT FOR IQCJ. 1 7 



priate $500 to be awarded as premiums for the best seedling apples 

 at the end of a certain limited time, the conditions pertaining to this 

 award to be determined by the board. 



A committee of two members has checked up the books and 

 vouchers of the secretary and found them correct and that the 

 finances of the society are in good condition. 



SECRETARY'S ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1905. 



A. W. LATHAM^ SEC'y. 



I shall try to give you in this report only a brief synopsis of 

 the afifairs of the society as they pertain to the office of the secretary, 

 leaving the many things that might be said about the continuous 

 horticultural development of the state to the other officers, super- 

 intendents of trial stations and other members of the society, who 

 will in their reports and papers to be presentd at this meeting very 

 fully cover the field. 



This year has been as usual a prosperous one for the society in 

 every respect, I believe. There has been some increase in the mem- 

 bership roll, both life and annual : there has been an increase in tlie 

 number of volumes of reports printed ; an increase in the annual 

 appropriation from the state ; an increase in the number of trial 

 stations ; an opening up of new fields in which experimentation is 

 being done ; and an increased interest in seedling growing, a most 

 important part of the work of this organization, as a result in part 

 of the special premiums that have been offered. 



The annual membership roll at the last meeting was reported 

 at 1664. The annual roll for 1905 stands now at 1818, an increase 

 of 154 in that roll. To the life membership roll there have been 

 added the past year twenty-three names, of which number one is an 

 honorary member created at the last annual meeting. Mr. Forest 

 Henry, of Dover : the rest being paid members, the names and ad- 

 dresses of these being as follows : 



Wm. Peet, Boston Block, Minneapolis ; J. L. Teigland, Alin- 

 neota; H. G. Westman, Sandstone; Thos. J. Lien. Delavan ; Frank 

 J. Pracna, Minneapolis ; Asa G. Briggs, St. Paul ; L. Johannes- 

 sohn, Beltrami ; Hans Stensrud, Watson ; I. E. Lund, Hopkins ; 

 Geo. A. Peterson, Canby ; Edward Yanish, St. Paul ; Wm. Cline, 

 Bertha; J. C. White, Mabel; Nels Engman, Mayer; Richard Mc- 

 Comb, Brandon, Man.; W. W. Moorhead, Miles City, Mont.; 

 Louis Larson, Minnetonka ; U. G. Herrick, Minneapolis ; John 

 Eklof, Cokato ; Herman Hermanson, Hopkins ; F. F. Norwood, 

 Balaton ; J. H. Swanson, St. James. 



