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mowing down their one year old apple grafts with a mower, whereby 

 /they get a crook on the tree making it pass as a budded tree. 



The subject of forestry was ably presented by Mr. Whiting, Mr. 

 Henry Hinds and others. 



Col. J. H. King, a real estate dealer doing an extensive business, 

 stated that a grove on a farm increased its selling price $5.00 per 

 acre. Mr. Whiting had ten acres of cottonwood which, after being 

 sawed up, yielded him a larger profit per acre, yearly, than a like 

 acreage planted to nursery stock. 



There were several other valuable papers read, but space will 

 not allow me to mention them here. 



Legislation. There was passed a resolution asking the legis- 

 lature to pass a more stringent inspection law, also a law to protect 

 the farmers from tree-swindlers, as well as a tree bounty law. 



As officers of the society for the ensuing year the following were 

 elected : President, M. J. DeWolf , Letcher ; vice-president, N. O. 

 P. Synoground, Groton ; secretary, N. E. Hansen, Brookings ; treas- 

 urer, J. McD. Campbell, Huron ; librarian, E. D. Cowles, Vermillion. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1905, NORTH DAKOTA HORTI- 

 CULTURAL SOCIETY. 



E. A. SMITH, DELEGATE, LAKE CITY. 



The North Dakota State Horticultural Society met at Fargo, 

 Friday, January 20th. Meeting was called to order by the president, 

 Mr. Jas. Holes, of Fargo, who was ably assisted in the preliminary 

 work by Prof. C. B. Waldron, secretary. A new organization was 

 effected, and new membership secured. Mr. A. J. Philips, of New 

 Salem, Wisconsin, gave a very interesting talk upon the develop- 

 ment of apple seedlings. He had numerous specimens with which 

 to illustrate his subject. A very general interest was aroused, and 

 a discussion followed. Mr. E. A. Smith, of Lake City, Minnesota, 

 delegate of the Minnesota Horticultural Society, was then called 

 upon and the following extracts represent the trend of his remarks : 



"As a delegate of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society I 

 bring greetings. The Minnesota Horticultural Society has done 

 wonders in encouraging and stimulating the planting of trees, beauti- 

 fying homes, parks and lawns in both town and country. What they 

 have done, you can do. While theirs is the largest society in the 

 United States, if not in the world, it need bring no sign of dis- 

 couragement to you, as you have one of the best equipped and most 

 energetic of all of the societies in the west. The reason of this is 



