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here than there is at present, or than there was at the time the ad- 

 dress was dehvered. I do not know that I have any further re- 

 marks to offer, only to say that I am very highly pleased to meet 

 so many of my old friends here that I have met with before. 



Sec'y Latham : Mr. Patten hits me pretty hard, but we have a 

 way of putting our best foot forward, and so we put the president's 

 address on as the first number on the morning's program, but I am 

 becoming pretty thoroughly convinced that when people come to 

 Minneapolis to attend any convention something happens that keeps 

 them up late at night, and as a consequence they are late in getting 

 here in the morning. I. think we shall have to change the location 

 of the president's address on the program hereafter. 



The President : We will now continue the reports, and I will 

 call upon Mr. Lyman for the treasurer's report. 



Mr. A. B. Lyman, of Excelsior, then submitted the annual report 

 of the treasurer. (See index.) 



On motion of Mr. Older the report was unanimously adopted. 



The President : We are now ready to Hsten to the reports of 

 the vice-presidents of the various congressional districts. I will call 

 for the report from the First Congressional District. 



The following reports were then submitted by the vice-presidents 

 of their respective districts : 



First District, Mr. Frank Yahnke, Winona. (See index.) 



Third District, A. H. Reed, Glencoe. (See index.) 



Fifth District, R. A. Wright, Excelsior. (See index.) 



Sixth District, W. L. Taylor, Howard Lake. (See index.) 



Seventh District, D. T. Wheaton, Morris. (See index.) 



The President : This completes the reports of vice-presidents 

 as far as they are present, and I think the society has reason to con- 

 gratulate itself upon the improvement and the progress shown by 

 these particular reports. 



We will now take up the reports of superintendents of trial 

 stations, and instead of following the program I will call upon Prof. 

 Green last instead of first, and I will ask Mr. Cashman to present 

 his report. 



The superintendents present from the various stations then sub- 

 mitted the following reports : 



Thos. Cashman, Owatonna. (See index.) 



Dewain Cook, Jeffers. (See index.) 



A. B. Lyman, Excelsior. (See index.) 



L. R. Moyer, Montevideo. (See index.) 



Mrs. Jennie Stager, Sauk Rapids. (See index.) 



J. S. Parks, Amboy. (See index.) 



F. J, Cowles, West Concord. (See index.) 



Prof. Green : Mr. Lord is one of the oldest members of this 

 society, a life member, and I think it would be a pleasing thing to 

 do to send him greetings and expressions of regret that he is not 

 here, and I would move that a telegram embodying such sentiments 

 be sent to Mr. Lord. 



The motion was put to a vote and prevailed unanimously. 



The President : I will delegate Prof. Green to prepare and send 

 such a message as has been proposed. 



