132 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Report of delegate to our meeting was given. Evergreens were dis- 

 cussed to considerable extent. History of the South Dakota Horti- 

 cultural Society showed that their society, as well as others, had 

 worked under adverse conditions. Prof. Hansen's "Notes from the 

 Experiment Station" were instructive. 



Thursday morning session was devoted principally to revision 

 of the fruit list and election of officers. The following were chosen : 

 John H. Miller, Huron, president ; C. W. Gurney, Yankton, vice- 

 president ; N. E. Hansen, Brookings, secretary ; E. D. Cowles, Ver- 

 million, librarian. Display of fruit at St. Louis was brought up 

 several times during the meeting, and South Dakota expects to make 

 a good showing at the fair. 



The next annual meeting will be held at Huron. Great enthu- 

 siasm was shown as to the possibilities of horticulture in South 

 Dakota. Their society in number is comparatively small but com- 

 posed of faithful workers. 



NOTES ON FORESTRY. 



REV. C. S. HARRISON, YORK, NEB. 



(A Talk.) 



I was very anxious to be present at this meeting. We are 

 doing something in the forestry line in Nebraska, both in conserv- 

 ing forests and planting new forests. About one-fourth of Nebras- 

 ka is desolate. I believe every acre of this waste land ought to be 

 made productive. The waste acre is a bad thing. The government 

 is at work and has assumed the task of foresting the sand hills. 

 There is no reason why they cannot succeed. For several years I 

 had an experiment station under the looth meridian and was test- 

 ing forestry in the regions beyond. We can irrigate that great waste 

 by what is called the Campbell system, and I believe in that way a 

 great deal can be done. So far as the value of prairie timber culti- 

 vation is concerned, they have some fair examples down in Kan- 

 sas. There are plantations there of several hundred acres planted 

 with catalpa. The catalpa is cut and sprouts again and gives a 

 straight, fine post. The green ash is used successfully as a forest 

 tree, and there is a good deal of money in it. 



There is a little matter I wish to speak of, and that is about 

 the opening of a new park on the eastern verge of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains in El Paso and Pueblo counties. I have been familiar with 

 that region for twenty years, and it is one of the most delightful in 

 the world. Most of our national parks are so far removed from the 

 people that they are hardly accessible. I would like to put this so- 

 ciety back of the proposition to open this new park as soon as pos- 

 sible, and I hope you will move through your representatives in 

 congress to open roads. It is necessary to urge this measure as 

 soon as possible. This park commences thirty-five miles southwest 



