130 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 

 ANNUAL MEETING, 1904. 



THOS. E. CASH MAN, DELEGATE, OWATONNA. 



Your delegate from Minnesota enjoyed a rare treat at the Wis- 

 consin horticultural meetino-. held at Maaison, Wis., Feb. 2nd to 

 5th inclusive. A more congenial body of gentlemen is rarely found 

 than those whom it was my good fortune to meet at the Wisconsin 

 meeting. 



The attendance was good, and the papers and discussions were 

 very interesting and instructive. George J. Kellogg, of Lake Mills, 

 gave some valuable information on "Strawberry Notes for 1904." 

 J. J. Mens, Norfolk, recommended that more attention be paid to 

 small fruits and farm products by fair associations and that larger 

 premiums should be offered to encourage the producers to exhibit. 



L. H. Palmer, a successful fruit grower of Baraboo, Wis., gave 

 a very interesting paper. He recommended thorough spraying and 

 stated that out of 1,500 barrels of apples marketed this year he did 

 not have one barrel of culls. Mr. A. J. Barnes, delegate to the 

 Minnesota horticultural meeting, gave a very glowing report of 

 the good attendance and fine display of fruit at the Minnesota meet- 

 ing. Delegates from other states, including your delegate, were 

 received with the usual courtesy and made honorary members. 



Pres. Dr. Loope, in his address, recommended that a new trial 

 station be established in the western part of the state to determine 

 more fully the value of new varieties. Mr. C. G. Patten, Charles 

 City, la., gave a very interesting extemporaneous talk on "Cross- 

 Fertilization." 



The officers elected for the coming year are Pres., Dr. T. E. 

 Loope; Sec'y, F. Cranefield ; Treas., L. G. Kellogg; \'ice-Pres., Geo. 

 J. Kellogg. 



"Land Which Needs Drainage and How to Grade" was ably han- 

 dled by Irving C. Smith. Green Bay, Wis. He stated that tile 

 should be laid down from two to three feet deep and for every 

 foot of depth that tile is laid it will drain a distance of one ro<i >n 

 either side. 



The long course students in the Horticultural Dept., University 

 of Wis., A. H. Christman, A. C. McLean, H. Breckinstrale, Jas. 

 Milward and A. T. Henry, all gave splendid papers. We shall 

 hear from these young men later. 



The paper on "Spraying" given by Jas. Milward, brought rm a 

 very instructive discussion in which C. F. Hall, of Shelby, Mich., 

 participated and gave a valuable talk. He says that by spraying 

 with one lb. of blue vitriol to fiftv cfallons of water before the l-ads 



