OS MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



With a few exceptions of absence, the program was executed 

 as pubhshed. The quotations following were taken from the Albert 

 Lea Tribune : 



"The first session was called to order about lo o'clock by the 

 president, O. W. Moore, of Spring Valley. The invocation was by 

 Rev. Dr. Abbott. Some time was taken up with reports of those 

 who had attended state and the district meetings." Reports were 

 also given by the secretary and treasurer, two of the vice-presidents, 

 the three members of the fruit committee, and of the committee on 

 seedlings. Mr. Wedge, reporting for Albert Lea and Freeborn 

 County for the past season, as understood by the writer, said that 

 4,360 bushels of apples, 785 bushels of crabs, 20,000 boxes of straw- 

 berries and 13,000 boxes of raspberries were sold in Albert Lea; and 

 in the entire county 6,000 bushels of apples, 1,000 bushels of crabs 

 and 20,000 quarts of strawberries. He estimated the crop of Free- 

 born County for 1902, as 32,000 bushels of apples and crabs. 



"The president's address was the opening feature of the after- 

 noon session. He reviewed the advantages and disadvantages of the 

 past year and exhorted the members to continued activity." 



"At the evening session there was a good attendance. H. C. 

 Carlson extended the greetings and a cordial welcome to the dele- 

 gates from the city. He remarked the importance of horticultural 

 work, and he hoped the workers would be blessed with rich fruitage. 

 The speaker suggested that the horticulturist lived close to nature 

 and only encouraged inevitable results. The uses of the meetings 

 of this character were many, not the least of which was the neigh- 

 borly feeling created." 



"E. F. Peck of Austin responded to the welcome in a happy vein." 



"Clarence Wedge then gave some interesting facts as to the re- 

 lationship existing between the state society, of which organization 

 he is president, and the local societies. He thought it better to have 

 several small societies in the state rather than confine them to four, 

 as is the case in Iowa, as he believed better results would be at- 

 tained. Mr. Wedge said a larger appropriation should be made by 

 the state legislature to assist in the work." 



"Prof. Robertson then gave some stereopticon views of the work 

 of the state experimental farm at St. Anthony Park, 

 keeping up a continual fire of interestmg talk while preparing 

 the machine and throwing the views on the screen. He said there 

 are 600 students in the state agricultural school, 130 of whom are 

 ladies. The illustrations were highly enjoyable, and the closest at- 

 tention was given him. It was an exhibition that showed much of 

 the work being done and opened the eyes of many who did not fully 

 understand about it. When the picture of the boy pulling the mule 

 was given Mrs. Robertson sang a parody on 'My Grandfather's 

 Clock,' and it was so effective and appropriate that there was loud 

 applause." 



We are largely indebted to Prof. Robertson and wife for this 

 entertainment, given without any expense whatever to either the so- 

 ciety or the citizens of Albert Lea. 



"W. E. Gaylord, of Nora Springs, Iowa, delegate from the 

 Northeast Iowa Society, was made an honorary member, while to all 



