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she would not come until next summer, and then she would go to 

 see Uncle Dartt. Without saying it in so many words, my action 

 for the last thirty years in coming to your meetings ought to con- 

 vince you people that I like to come. I have always been well used 

 here, and I never come to your meetings without learning some- 

 thing. I am glad to be here. I did not expect to be here. Brother 

 Latham thought I would be needed Thursday night. In the absence 

 of Mr. Herbst I want to say that I am very glad to see so much in- 

 terest taken on the very first day. I have never heard so many ques- 

 tions asked at the first session, either in this room or in the other 

 room, on apple growing, and by so many young men. I did want to 

 say a few words after my friend True had finished his paper, and 

 that was in regard to the farmers. All the evils coming to the coun- 

 try are largely laid at the door of the farmers. A great deal is laid 

 up against the farmer because he is not interested in horticulture 

 and does not grow apples. It is not because the farmer is a mean 

 man and does not like fruit, but the farm expenses nowadays are 

 very great if a farmer has children. He has to buy horses and bug- 

 gies, he has got to have a piano for his daughters, and he has got to 

 give his children an education, and the farmer generally has a great 

 deal of expense — and many farmers have interest to pay. They 

 have bought homes, and they are in debt. Whenever you men that 

 are offering five hundred or a thousand dollar premium find an ap- 

 ple that the nurserymen can grow this year and sell to the farmer 

 who can plant it next spring and then take off a crop in the fall and 

 sell it like he does his corn and his wheat to pay his farm expenses, 

 then you can interest the average farmer. 



The President : We are after him. 



On motion of Mr. Wedge the meeting adjourned. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION. 



"The Farmer and Horticulture." C H. True, Edgewood, Iowa. 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"Improvement of Plants." W. W. Pendergast, Hutchinson. 

 (See index.) 



"Landscape Adornment a Universal Obligation." Jonathan 

 Freeman, Austin. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"Beauty and Utility in Ornamentation about the Farm Home." 

 Hon. A. K. Bush, Dover. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"Improvement of Private Grounds." C. C. Dike, White Bear. 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"The Nurseryman's Part in Landscape Adornment." O. F. 

 Brand, Faribault. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"An Ideal Public Park." Fred Nussbaumer, Supt. of Parks, St. 

 Paul. (See index.) 



