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Select Seedlings for Plant Premiums. — One of the plant premiums 

 offered is "six apple seedlings grown from the seed of the Malinda top-worked 

 on Duchess." These seedlings come from seed raised at Waterville, Minn., 

 and they can be planted and the fruit grown from them entered in the contest 

 for prizes of $ioo each offered by the society, the first prize to be paid in 1912. 

 Information as to this and other prizes will be found on page six of the 1907 

 folder and fuller particulars can be secured directly from the secretary. We 

 wish that every member of the society might take part in this contest, and this 

 would permit them also to become members of the Plant Breeders' Auxiliary. 



Death of Louis Anderson. — Information has just come to this office of 

 the death of Louis Anderson, of Rochester, which occurred on Nov. 25th 

 last. Mr. Anderson was the manager, and later years the proprietor, of the 

 Martin W. Cook Nursery, at Rochester, with which he had been connected 

 prior to the death of Mr. Cook. While for many years a member of the 

 society, he was not a regular attendant at the meetings — although his loyalty 

 to the society was assured, and at every opportunity he used his influence for 

 the advancement of its interests. Mr. Anderson was a comparatively young 

 man. He is well known as an exhibitor in the agricultural department at the 

 state fair, to which he gave much assistance for many years. 



Select Your Premium Book. — The list of books offered to the members 

 as premiums for securing new members has been considerably increased this 

 year, as will be seen by consulting the little pink folder issued by the society, 

 and at least one of these books should be secured by each one of the society 

 as a reward for adding one or more names to the membership roll. You 

 should look over this list, take the magazines of last year which you will no 

 longer need — having them now in the bound volume — and go out among 

 your neighbors and do missionary work for the society and for the cause it 

 represents. It will pay you, and you would also have the reflection that you 

 have done something practical to advance the interests for which the society 

 stands. Now is the harvest time with us for the year. 



Honor Roll for December. — The following are the names of persons 

 who have secured new members for the society for 1907 during the month of 

 December. 



F. N. Crosby, Hastings 4 A. N. Bates, Excelsior ' 2 



C. C. Hunter, Minneapolis 1 W. H. Hanscom, Minneapolis 1 



Mrs. H. A. Boardman, Merriam Park 3 S. H. Drum, Waseca 1 



Geo. W. Strand, Taylors Falls 1 J. Flagstad, Sacred Heart 1 



E. Bonde, Cottonwood 6 H. Haggard, Excelsior 1 



A. B. Franklin, Minneapolis 1 LeRoy Ritchie, Annandale 1 



Alfred Terry, Slayton 1 A. H. Reed, Glencoe 1 



A. O. Hawkins. Excelsior 1 Victor Carlson, Grayling 1 



Henry Flven, Dawson 2 Henry Husser, Minneiska 1 



U. G. Herrick, Minneapolis 1 E. A. Smith, Lake City 1 



P. F. Tassie, Minneapolis 2 A. V. Wright, Mine Center, Ont 1 



Wm. E. Bogert, Minneapolis 1 B. E. St. John, Fairmont 6 



Chas. J. Rennacker, Detroit 1 W^m. Jones, Osseo 1 



Le Roy Cady, St. Anthony Park 1 A. Brackett, Farmers' Institute 13 



R. H. Pendergast. Duluth 1 L. B. Arnold, Duluth 2 



Victor A. Neil, Mound 1 Otto Kankel, Fertile 1 



Max Pfaender, St. Anthony Park 1 R. A. Schultz, Farmers' Institute ... 83 



Geo. T. Halbert, Minneapolis 1 John Bisbee, Madelia 2 



