yO MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



in resolutions complimentary to the school, passed the next morn- 

 ing: 



Bridal Chorus, by Cowen School Chorus 



Feeding Live Stock H. A. Ludke, Willow Creek, Minn. 



Value of Orchard and Garden Products to the Home.... 



Ralph C. Miller, Bloomington, Minn. 



The Housekeeper's Week. Miss Mabel A. Wells, Monticello, Minn. 

 Retaining Fertility on a Grain Farm 



J. N. Holmberg, Renville, Minn. 



Selection Boys' Glee Club 



The Blending of Foods Miss Mary B. Koch, Litchfield, Minn. 



Producing Forage under Conditions of Drouth 



E. H. Riley, St. Cloud, Minn. 



Thursday morning was devoted to the passage of a lengthy 

 series of resolutions, the hearing of reports, and finally to the elec- 

 tion of officers, with the following result: 



OFFICERS. 



President, C. W. Cosgrove, Le Sueur ; vice presidents, C. R. 

 Smith, St. Paul; B. F. Nelson, Minneapolis. 



BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



N. S. Gordon, Crookston; J. C. Curryer, St. Paul; L. D. Baird, 

 Austin. Hold over members, W. M. Liggett, St. Anthony Park; 

 J. M. Underwood, Lake City, and W. G. Sawyer, Partridge. 



Prof. Thomas Shaw, secretary of the Stock Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation, sprang an agreeable surprise by distributing his annual 

 report, containing all the papers and addresses of the last annual 

 meeting of the two societies, held a year ago; and Secretary Ran- 

 dall another one by having a corps of stenographic reporters on 

 hand to take down the impromptu addresses and discussions of the 

 present meeting, which are to be printed, together with all the 

 papers and reports, for distribution to the members. Any other 

 person can. get a copy by sending him a request by postal card or 

 otherwise. 



Remember the secretary's address, E. W. Randall, Hamline, 

 and be sure and send for the. full report. Its value will be very 

 great to all reading, thoughtful farmers or students of agriculture. 



The Horticultural Society was represented by Pres. W. W. 

 Pendergast, Ex-President J. M. Underwood, Secretary Latham, 

 Wyman Elliot, Prof. S. B. Green, and others, either as members 

 or as speakers in discussions. 



A feature of the governor's address, gratifying to horticul- 

 turists, was his statement that Minnesota seems to be coming to 

 the front as a fruit producing state, in addition to her triumphs in 



