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Thursday morning program only one subject was presented, 

 "Spraying and Care of the Orchard," by P.of. S. A. Beach, Ames, 

 Iowa. Prof. Beach had charts to illustrate his talk on spraying, 

 representing blocks of trees, side by side, of the same varieties, 

 showing the percentage gained by spiaying in yield and quality — 

 it also prevents dropping of fruit before maturity. I am not able 

 to give the percentage, but he showed very conclusively that is 

 what fruit growers will have to do if they wish to stay in the business 

 for profit. 



Thursday afternoon Rev. Nathaniel Pye gave a humorous as 

 well as instructive talk on "The Minister in Horticulture." Also a 

 paper full of wit and humor was read by Mrs. Pickett, entitled, 

 "Then and Now, 1865 — 1905," contrasting past and present. Then 

 came the reports of officers, committees, etc., also the election of 

 officers, which resulted as follows : C. G Patten, president ; 

 G. D. Black, vice-president ; C. H. True, secretary ; E. Blakeman, 

 treasurer. Independence was selected as the next place of 

 meeting. 



ANNUAL MEETING, 1906, NORTHWESTERN IOWA 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



JOSEPH WOOD, V/INDOM, DELEGATE. 



The appointment as delegate to the Northwestern Iowa meet- 

 ing reaching me on the afternoon of December 3rd, and I took a 

 train that night for Sioux City, Iowa, where the meeting was to 

 be held, arriving in good season the following morning. Upon 

 inquiry, I found that the meeting did not convene until Wednes- 

 day, the day following, so that I had the day on my hands to look 

 over the city, which I did, taking in also the stockyards and 

 slaughter houses. In the residence portion of the city I was in- 

 terested in seeing some fine catalna and sycamore trees in good 

 healthy condition. I did not think the sycamore would be hardy 

 as far north as Sioux City. 



On Wednesday morning I went to the City Hall and up to 

 the third story, where I found the exhibitors unpacking a fine 

 display of large, colored apples. In all there were six exhibitors, 

 besides one from southwestern Iowa with a large collection of 

 varieties grown commercially in that' section, which display, 

 however, was not a competitive one. There was a fine collec- 

 tion of floAvers to brighten the rooms, made by two of the local 

 florists. 



