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Waldron for the promise of this wholesale hospitality, and I wish ' 

 we might all avail ourselves of it. We have also with us a delegate 

 from South Dakota, Mr. W. S. Kincaid, from whom we would be 

 pleased to hear a few remarks. 



Mr. W. S. Kincaid (S. D.) : I think Prof. Hansen should be 

 called upon to respond in behalf of our state since he is better known 

 to you than I am, I have been a member of your society for four 

 or five years. I came here to listen and learn. I am also a member 

 of the South Dakota society. I commenced planting about six years 

 ago and have planted some three thousand trees. I have put out 

 altogether about 4,100 trees, of which 3,000 are in bearing. Next 

 year I intend to plant more. I will take no more time to talk, but 

 will go to work and listen. Thank you. (Applause.) 



The President: We are glad to hear ihese encouraging words 

 from those engaged in horticulture all around us. We have a dele- 

 gate alsO' with us from within our own state, from an auxiliary 

 society, from whom we would- like to hear a few words, and I am 

 going to call upon Mr. Williams. 



Mr. Williams : Two years ago Mr. Keays, Elk River, came to 

 our place and started a branch of this society. The first time we 

 met we had a membership of twenty and this winter we have 

 fifteen to twenty more, and I was sent down here to represent that 

 little band of farmers. We are experimenting and growing straw- 

 berries, raspberries, plums, cherries and apples. On apple trees we' 

 are a little bit off. Perhaps Mr. Yahnke can tell us wherein we fail, 

 but it seems we do not work it right . Our soil is somewhat sandy, 

 and my belief is that it freezes too deep and the roots are killed out. 

 That is what I lay our failure to. With strawberries we are having 

 good success. We are planting the Warfield, Bederwood and 

 Bubach. I had Warfield that measured four and one-half inches 

 in circumference. The secretary asked me to tell you that we were 

 trying to get along in our weak way as fast as we could, and asked 

 me to have you send out to us this winter a good talker or lecturer 

 to advise us how to carry forward this work and to teach us how to 

 make a success of it. (Applause.) 



The President : We have with us a gentleman from Oregon, not 

 as a delegate from that state, but merely as a chance visitor, but 

 whom we are very glad to welcome. I do not know whether he 

 travels loaded, but if he will come up in front we shall soon find out 

 whether he does or not. 



Mr. Carbine (Ore.) : My gun is not a large one and it is not 

 very dangerous. I cannot ofificially represent the fruit growers of 

 the northwest, but I am a member of that association, and I can 

 also say that we have a very live and active organization, numbering 

 among its membership some of the greatest apple cranks and owners 

 of large fruit farms. We are also engaged in the growing of the 

 smaller fruits discussed here this afternoon, particularly strawberries. 

 The Hood River Valley is noted for producing 150 carloads of 

 strawberries in a small area. We are studying the question in our 

 countrv how to get the best results in the fruit business. We meet 



