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not quarrelsome. I have raised six children, (the youngest is not 

 quite raised although he is taller than I am) (laughter), and I 

 never bought those six children twenty-five cents vv^orth of candy, 

 but I bought them apples and other fruit when I hadto go with- 

 out some things myself. A man asked me once, "What have you 

 made out of your orchard?" I don't know how much I have made 

 in money, but I have strong, healthy children, and my wife says 

 I know less than any of them. (Laughter.) They are all 

 strong and healthy, and they have had apples to eat whenever we 

 could raise them. We have used from six to ten barrels every 

 winter. That is one of the things that we should do in our schools, 

 teach the children to eat fruit instead of feeding them on candy 

 and other stuff of that nature. I am a grandfather, and I am 

 proud of it, but those grandchildren don't get any candy from me, 

 and they know it, but I give them fruit. They have another grand- 

 father, and the first thing they do after he gets into the house is 

 to go through his pockets to see if he has any candy. If they paid 

 Mr, White for no other purpose than to come here and encourage 

 the people to eat more fruit it is money well spent, and it is one 

 of the best things turned out this morning. (Applause.) 



The President : There is another one present whom I wish to 

 call on for a few words, and that is Brother Whiting, from South 

 Dakota ; we want him to give us a little response. 



Mr. Whiting (S. D.) : I am glad to be with you. This is my 

 first meeting with the Minnesota Horticultural Society. I have been 

 a member for some years but have never had the pleasure of coming 

 here. However, our regular delegate is present, and I think you 

 would prefer to hear from Mr, Cowles. 



Mr. E. D. Cowles -(S. D.) : Mr. President and fellow horticul- 

 turists, I come as a delegate representing our society. Our society 

 voted some years ago that if any one found it convenient to go to 

 sister society meetings to send for papers. When I am called to 

 say anything about horticulture I always feel like paraphrasing the 

 quotation "Westward the star of empire takes its way," by saying, 

 "Northwestward the work of horticulture flows along." While we 

 are hardly able to stand alone, we do feel, especially in the south- 

 eastern corner of the state, that we are beginning to be able to stand 

 with a chair, with the Minnesota horticultural society to hang on to. 

 I always feel like a charity scholar when considering our relation to 

 the Minnesota horticultural society, and while we are almost able 

 to stand alone we have the reports of your society to help to hold 

 us up until such time as we may be able to stand as a society by 

 ourselves. In order that I may not unwind too much on this sub- 

 ject I have committed a few remarks to paper which I will read. 

 (Paper follows.) (See index.) 



Mr. Oliver Gibbs : I want to fire one shot at South Dakota. 

 There is a remarkable state of affairs in South Dakota which I have 

 never been able to understand, and that is the inferiority of its 

 state legislature over that of other states, and sufficient proof for 

 that statement is found in the fact that thev have never made an 



