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agriculture, and it will perhaps count as much as any one thing we 

 are doing for the state of Minnesota. 



Mr. J. M. Underwood : Is there any objection to girls who live 

 in the city taking a course in the school of agriculture? 



Mrs. Meredith: It is a state school, and anybody can come, 

 but we discourage the city girl from taking a course. The city 

 girl cares nothing about studying animal husbandry and garden- 

 ing, and so she does not care for the course. Our girls are almost 

 all from the farm. Any girl that comes to school must take the 

 entire course. She is not allowed to choose her subjects. 



The President: This talk of Mrs. Meredith's was not intended 

 to "boom" the girls' department, but that it should result in in- 

 creasing the interest of the members here so they may send their 

 girls there. 



Mrs. Meredith: We are not "booming" the school, we have 

 more girls there now than we can take care of comfortably, and we 

 would have many more if we had room to take care of them. If 

 you want to help the agricultural school go to the legislature. 

 (Applause.) 



Prof. W. W. Pendergast: I would like to ask if it would not 

 be well to have the city girls hear just such excellent talks as this, 

 and they might become enamored with country life. Let such ones 

 come to the school! In fact, invite them with open arms. I know 

 I should if I were there. (Laughter and applause.) 



Pansies will grow almost anywhere in early spring and late fall if plenty 

 of water is given them, but for midsummer it is best to make the bed on the 

 north or east side of the house, wh*^re it will be cool and shady, for the pansy 

 delights in coolness. The ground should be spaded up deeply and enriched 

 by an admixture of thoroughly rotted manure and woods earth. 



One of the most important items in growing onions is to secure good seed. 

 Seed that is grown from ordinary stock is not as satisfactory as that grown from 

 select bulbs. Inferior stock should never be used. I have no doubt that seed 

 of good quality can be procured from almost any reliable seedsman, but to get 

 the very best I think every grower ought to select bis own stock. This re- 

 quires not a little extra work and considerable trouble, so that most onion 

 growers are content to purchase seed from the local dealer. 



The Apple Box in Arkansas.— Indications are that the box as a package 

 for apples is gaining in favor, though few are at the present time using it. The 

 large apple dealers are said not to advocate the box. In Arkansas a bill has 

 recently been introduced in the legislature to make the bushel box the legal 

 measure for apples. This box is 9 inches deep, 12 inches wide and 20 inches 

 long, inside measure. The box varies in size in different parts of the United 

 States, but all the boxes hold somewhat moVe than a bushel and less than a 

 heaped bushel.— O. J. Farmer. 



