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may be pursuaded to raise the berries." Third, "What can be done 

 with black raspberry bushes to prevent their being blown by the 

 wind ?" 



Mr. Underwood suggested that the laying down of raspberry 

 vines was just as practicable as any other part of the average far- 

 mer's work. 



Prof. W. H. Cole, superintendent of public schools in Hunting- 

 ton, W. Va., who was visiting Dean Liggett, an old time friend, 

 expressed his interest in the program of the afternoon, and told of 

 his surprise at the development of this northwestern country, where 

 he had been taught to believe no one could ever prosper, and spoke 

 in words of praise of the great agricultural institution he had found 

 here under the fostering care of his old friend. 



The following resolutions of respect for the memory of the late 

 John S. Harris were presented by Mr. Clarence Wedge : 



RESOLUTIONS IN MEMORY OF JOHN S. HARRIS. 



Resolved : That as citizens of Minnesota we wish to express 

 our appreciation of the great benefits our state has derived from the 

 life and labors of our departed brother, John S. Harris. While in 

 more conspicuous places others may have made more brilliant rec- 

 ords for public services, it may well be doubted if any man has added 

 more to the resources of the state, the comfort and beauty of its 

 homes or the happiness of its citizens. 



As northern horticulturists we deeply realize the burden of 

 gratitude we owe to a leader and fellow worker whose courage never 

 faltered, whose industry never flagged, who labored faithfully in 

 season and out of season to lay the foundations of horticulture in 

 this new, needy and seemingly uncongenial soil. Others have had 

 a large and honorable part in this work, but without any dispar- 

 agement of their labors we easily agree that no other hand has been 

 raised so long, so earnestly and so effectively in behalf of every de- 

 partment of our art. Our gardens have a richer color and a sweeter 

 fragrance from his touch ; our sheltering groves whisper his cherish- 

 ing ; our orchards droop with a more beautiful and luscious fruitage 

 in perpetual memorial of his life. 



As members of this society we would recognize the one chiefly 

 instrumental in its founding, and for thirty-five years its most active, 

 regular and useful supporter. Repeatedly honored with the most 

 important offices within our gift, he rather did honor to these offices 

 and to the society by his earnest and unselfish use of them to further 

 its beneficent ends. 



As friends and associates we would at this time express some- 

 thing of that love and esteem that we all feel for one whose life of 

 genial kindness was a constant benediction. Verily did he follow 

 in the way of his Master, in that "He came not to be ministered unto, 

 but to minister." We shall miss him now for many days. There is 

 no one to fill his place. Indeed, no one can ever fill his place in our 



