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A Law Regulating the Berry Box. — A bill introduced into the State 

 Legislature, by the committee on packages and marketing: of this society, regu- 

 lating the size of packages in which berries may be sold in this state has 

 already passed the House and is in the Senate for consideration. It is House 

 File No. 316. It provides that the contents of the berry package shall be sixty 

 and three-fourths cu. in , and the top shall be four and one-half in. square, or 

 contain one-half the amount with the same dimensions of top, holding a quart 

 and pint respectively. It is to take effect January 1st, 1904. 



A Timely Word to the Farmers Institute. "The Tribune has little to 

 criticise in the work, and if offered one suggestion it would be that the insti- 

 tutes devote considerable attention to the subject of forestation and fruit 

 growing, as they are of prime importance and interest. There are many rea- 

 sons why the methods of planting and raising fruit should be taught by the 

 institutes. The raising of forest and fruit trees is of so much importance that 

 the general government is expending thousands of dollars annually for the 

 purpose of making experiments. On account of this great importance the sub- 

 jects should be given liberal attention at the hands of the instructors. With 

 proper encouragement there will soon be hundreds of thousands of bushels of 

 fruit raised in the southern part of the state. When the program for next year 

 is made up these defects should be remedied. Some experienced men in the 

 line of propagating forest and fruit trees should be secured, and one of the most 

 interesting parts of the whole institute would be in teaching best how to pro- 

 mote their growth, and at the same time the state would be instilling into the 

 people ideas regarding forest preservation that would ctystalize into law upon 

 the subject, and the results be very beneficial to all." — Albert Lea Tribune. 



Death of J. T. Grimes.— Jonathan T. Grimes, member of this society 

 since i868, honorary life member since 1885, passed away at the residence of 

 his daughter, Mrs. E. A. Phelps. No. 3400, First Ave. South, Minneapolis, on 

 Tuesday, February 10, in his eighty-fifth year. Mrs. Grimes, his life partner 

 for sixty years, died some two months previous. Old age rather than any form 

 of disease was the cause of Mr. Grimes' death. He passed away peacefully to 

 a well earned reward. The funeral was attended by a number of the members 

 of the horticultural society, six of whom, Messrs. Wyman Elliot, C. M. Lor- 

 ing, Oliver Gibbs, William Lyons, Eggert Nagel and A. W. Latham officiated 

 as bearers. The remains were laid away in Lakewood Cemetery. The April 

 number of the Horticulturist will contain a suitable notice In Memoriam of 

 this esteemed fellow member and personal friend, with his portrait as it ap- 

 peared in the large picture of the "Veterans of Horticulture", taken five years 

 ago. 



Funeral of E. H. S. Dartt. — The funeral took place at his late resi- 

 dence, in Owatonna, at 2 p. m., Monday, February 2. Our society was repre- 

 sented there in the persons of Mr. Wyman Elliot, Pres. Clarence Wedge and 

 John P. Andrews, all members of the executive board, and by a number of 

 members from that vicinity. An assembly gathered much beyond the capac- 

 ity of the accomodations, and the general expressions of regret at his loss 

 by friends and neighbors at Owatonna indicated the high place he occupied 

 at home, where he was best known. An "In Memoriam" notice of his death 

 appears in this number. 



