RECORD OF MEETINGS OF EXECUTIVE BOARD, I906. 5O5 



Report of meeting of the board held at lo A. M., Dec. 18, 1905., 

 at the office of the secretary. 



All members of the board were present except Air. L. R. 

 Moyer, 



A. W. Latham was elected delegate to the coming annual meet- 

 ing of the State Agricultural Society, with authority to appoint 

 one other delegate to the same meeting. 



A. B. Lyman was selected delegate to the annual meeting of 

 the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society and Alessrs. S. B. Green, 

 A. W. Latham and J. M. Underwood as delegates to the next nieet- 

 ing of the Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association. • 



The board proceeded to revise the list of standing committees 

 for 1906. (See January Horticulturist for 1906.) 



It was decided that the seed to be secured of Mr. Wyman Elliot 

 from sixteen barrels of Malinda apples, purchased of him, should be 

 turned over by him to Prof. S. B. Green to grow seedlings there- 

 from on the grounds of the state experiment station. 



The account of the First Unitarian Church, rent of same dur- 

 ing annual meeting, was ordered paid to the amount of ... .$75.00. 



It was decided to oflfer additional prizes to encourage the 

 growing of seedling apples under the following conditions : 



ist. $100.00 per year for five consecutive years, commencing 

 in 1912, to be given each year to the best late winter seedling apple, 

 to be grown from seed not yet planted and within the following 

 area: viz., Minnesota, the west half of Wisconsin, the northern two 

 tiers of counties of Iowa, and South Dakota, North Dakota and 

 Manitoba. A seedling apple having taken one prize imder this of- 

 fer cannot compete further therefor. 



2nd. Competition open to any one wuthin the area named, 

 planting apple seed and making entry with the secretary of the 

 society within one year of the time of planting, and giving also the 

 name of the variety of apple from which the seed planted Avas taken. 



3rd. A button with suitable device will be given to each com- 

 petitor for these prizes, to be worn at the meetings of the society 

 and elsewhere, as desired. 



Adjourned sine die. WYMAN ELLIOT, 



A. W. LATHAM, Secretary. Chairman Executive Board. 



Record of meeting of the board held at the office of the secre- 

 tary at 8 P. M., Tuesday, June 25, 1906. 



The following members were present : Wyman Elliot, chair- 

 man ; Prof. S. B. Green, Pres. Clarence Wedge, J. P. Andrews, 

 Frank Yahnke, J. M. Underwood and Sec'y. A. W. Latham. 



The accounts of the secretary for receipts and disbursements 

 of office from Dec. 4, 1905, to June 25, 1906, were examined and ap- 

 proved and an order ordered drawn on the treasury for the amount, 

 $1871.53. the secretary at the same time to deposit that amount of 

 receipts in the society treasury, leaving in tlie hands of the secre- 

 tary the sum of $420.24. 



Adjourned sine die. WYMAN ELLIOT, 



A. W. LATHAM, Secretary. ' Chairman Executive Board. 



