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more about it. They want to know how to grow fruit, and there 

 is no better means' in existence of teaching the people how to grow 

 fruit than through the medium afforded by the experience of this 

 society, and this society should not rest until every man, woman and 

 child, and all the boys and girls " are members of this society, 

 whether they own a farm or a city lot. Another thing I 

 to say, do not start out with something small. We are 

 growing and growing rapidly, and a home that might accommodate 

 us at the present time might not be one-half large enough in five or 

 ten years from now. So I say when you come to consider this mat- 

 ter, plan for the future, and make your plans to correspond to the 

 bright future we are all willing to predict for this society. (Ap- 

 plause.) 



Rev. C. S. Harrison (Neb.) : I belong to the Massachusetts 

 society, and it has a home. They have a pride in that home, and I 

 think the action begun here today is one of the grandest moves 

 that could be made. 



Mr. A. J. Philips (Wis.) : There is one point mentioned in the 

 president's address to which I have devoted a good deal of thought 

 and attention during the past ten years and even before that, and 1 

 trust the president of our state society will take up the matter this 

 winter — and that is, to devise some means of getting at the rank and 

 file of the people. I had that matter forcibly impressed upon my 

 mind this summer. I have got a trial orchard in Marathon county 

 where I planted ten acres of apple trees. I attended a dairy con- 

 vention in that county, and I found farmers there who had never 

 heard of that orchard. People come here and have a good time, 

 they go home with the desire stimulated to grow good fruit — but we 

 do not reach the mass of people. You people do more at your in- 

 stitutes to reach the people than we do. We must do more with the 

 local papers to reach the people, and I think the president has struck 

 the keynote of the situation in what he said about reaching the 

 people. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Your committee begs leave to congratulate the society upon the 

 elevated and inspiring character of the thoughts embodied in our 

 president's annual address. A following out of the sentiments ex- 

 pressed therein will make us better and happier men and women as 

 well as better horticulturists. 



We would especially commend these suggestions : 



1. That we more widely distribute the good things of the State 

 Horticultural Society by each pledging himself to secure one new 

 member annually. 



2. That we give more attention to the care of our roadsides, 

 our lawns, our weeds and the straightness of our rows. 



3. And, lastly, that the first week of December, 1904, shall 

 inaugurate the custom of looking forward to the week of the annual 

 meetine: of the State Horticultural Societv as "The Farmers' Holidav 



