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appropriation to sustain a state horticultural society. When they 

 get up to that some people will believe in the progress of that state. 

 The President : Our time for the morning session has now fully 

 expired and I will declare the meeting adjourned until 1 145 this 

 afternoon. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The afternoon session was called to order at i 145 o'clock by 

 the president. * 



The President : The state of Minnesota is a big state. This 

 society is a great institution. The United States forms an im- 

 mense country, reaching out to the remotest isles of the sea, but our 

 souls, we hope, are a little larger than any of these ; they can reach 

 out over the line into a sister country and fraternize with all the 

 people there. We happen to have a good man on our program 

 from Manitoba, and we almost always have a representative from 

 the Dominion, and his name is Thomas Franklarid; he is from 

 Stonewall, Manitoba, and we would like to hear some good words 

 coming from such a good country as that. Mr. Latham says he is 

 not here, but his paper will be published in our magazine so we 

 will all get the benefit of it. Now then, we are to hear what place 

 horticulture has on the farm, and Mr. George Washington Strand 

 will truthfully tell us all about it. 



Mr. Geo. W. Strand, of Taylors Falls, then read a paper on the 

 subject of "Horticulture — Its Place on the Farm." (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"My Seedling Orchard," was the title of the paper read by Mr. 

 T. E. Perkins, of Red Wing. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : ^ This discussion has led us right up to the 

 subject that comes next on our program, and I do not know of any- 

 one who is better fitted to speak about it than our friend Yahnke. I 

 will now call upon Mr. Yahnke to tell us what nature does in help- 

 ing us to grow apples that are adapted to the climate. 



Mr. Frank Yahnke, of Winona, then read, a paper entitled 

 "Nature's Aid in Producing Apples Adapted to the Climate." (See 

 index.) 



Discussion. 



Pursuant to the announcement in the program a recess of ten 

 minutes was then taken. 



The President : We will now come to order. I would first like 

 to have a report from the committee on credentials, and when that 

 report is made I want to call on some of our visiting friends from 

 neighboring states. It ought to have been done before, but it is 

 a hard matter to find a place for it in our crowded program, and 

 the report was not ready before. Now I will call on Mr. Tay- 

 lor for his report, and then I will call on the delegates and (introduce 

 them. 



Mr. W. L. Taylor, chairman of the committee on credentials, re- 

 ported the following delegates as being entitled to represent their 

 respective organizations : Dr. T. E. ■ Loope, Eureka, Wisconsin 



