30 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOClErY. 



RESOLUTIONS AS TO BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE 



UNIVERSITY. 



(Adopted unanimously at the meeting of Minn. State Hort. 



Society.) 



Resolved : That we think the Board of Regents of the Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota is earnestly endeavoring to manage the State 

 University for the best interests of higher education in Minnesota, 

 but we feel that the great and important interests connected with 

 horticulture and agriculture deserve greater representation on this 

 board, which at present is made up of three lawyers, two bankers, 

 one editor, one doctor, one merchant, and the dean of the College 

 of Agriculture, in addition to ex-officio members — and six of these 

 members are from the Twin Cities. 



Resolved : That we desire the appointment to said board of 

 some representative farmer and horticulturist who shall be in close 

 touch with the agricultural and horticultural interests of Minnesota. 



Resolved : That a committee of three be appointed by the presi- 

 dent, of which he shall be chairman, to present in person a copy 

 of these resolutions to his Excellency, Governor Van Sant. 



(The committee appointed were Chas. M. Loring, Wyman El- 

 liott and A. W. Latham.) 



Mr. Philips : My attention was called to this matter this morn- 

 ing by seeing one of the daily papers in which was recommended 

 the appointment of Col. Van Duzee, of the Ramsey County Repub- 

 lican Club. It seemed to me when I heard the resolution read that 

 as you already have six men from the Twin Cities — and if this 

 man is selected you will have seven — it seemed to me that you ought 

 to catch the word '"farmer" in that list. The doctors, lawyers and 

 bankers on that board no doubt are all excellent men, but the 

 prominence that Minnesota now holds as a dairy, agricultural and 

 horticultural state among the states of the Northwest — or for that 

 matter the entire country and especially in view of the fact that you 

 have taken that prize at Boston for seedling apples — it does seem 

 to. me that your farming element, the element that is back of all 

 the business of this great state, supports the newspapers and public 

 industries and supports your society, it does seem to me you need 

 a representation of the farmers. They need not belong to any 

 political party as long as they are good men, and I hope you will 

 have such a representation for the good of your state. 



RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO PROTECTION OF SONG 



BIRDS. 



(Adopted at late meeting Minn. State Hort. Society.) 



Whereas ; There is much danger that some of the most valued 

 friends the horticulturist possesses, the birds, will be destroyed, and 

 whereas their destruction is largely due to the ignorance and in- 

 difiference of our adult population coupled with the thoughtlessness 

 of young boys and so called sportsmen, and, whereas, one of the 

 most effectual means of informing the citizens of our state upon 

 this subject is the public school. Therefore, be it Resolved that this 



