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After graduation he returned to work on his father's farm, 

 taught district school during the following winter, made a tour of 

 western agricultural colleges in the summer of 1874, and in- the fall 

 of the same year received an invitation from the University of Min- 

 nesota that resulted in an engagement as professor of agriculture, 

 which continued for nearly six years. For nearly the same period 

 the Minnesota State Horticultural Society invested him with the 

 office of secretary, having filled this honorable position during the 

 years 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878 and 1879, ^^'^^ until he removed from 

 the state. In this capacity Mr, Lacy is well remembered for his 

 energy and zeal in promoting the work of the society. At the time 

 of his retirement from the office he was elected an honorary life 

 member. For this society and its members he still holds the very 

 highest esteem, as we may judge by his own words: 



HOME OF CHARI^ES Y. I.ACY, I,ONGBEACH, CAI,. 



"I think my membership in this society gives me more pleasure 

 than any other honor I have received. Each number of the Horti- 

 culturist and each volume of the transactions fills me anew with 

 wonder and admiration for the boundless courage and perseverance 

 shown by the members of this society in discovering facts and 

 methods, in originating and developing varieties, in imparting 

 knowledge, in spreading and stimulating taste for horticultural pro- 

 ducts. Success ought to reward such unwearying and unremitting 



