Secretary's (^orqer. 



Have you Made your Entries for the State Fair?— If not attend to it 

 at once and not put it off till the last moment. Make entries for everything 

 you are likely to have to exhibit, and then if you are not able later to exhibit 

 everything entered no one is the loser by it. We are to have a great fruit show 

 — if you do your part. 



An Excellent Fruit Preservative. — A preparation of soft vi^ater and 

 two per cent of formaline is one of the best known for the preservation of fresh 

 fruit. All kinds of fruit can be kept in this mixture, and they will retain very 

 well their natural color and form. Try this for plums to be exhibited at the 

 state fair or for exhibition at the winter meeting; also for crab apples, etc. 



Send Early Ripening Fruits to Cold Storage. — You can show at the 

 state fair and the winter meeting everything growing on your place, as all kinds 

 of fruit that mature before that time can be kept without difficulty by gather- 

 ing after fully grown and before becoming mellow and sending at once by 

 express to cold storage. Gather a few more specimens than actually needed 

 and wrap each one carefully to prevent bruising in handling. 



A New Horticultural Club. — A number of sensible people in the neighbor- 

 hood of Constance have organized themselves into a club, the general purpose 

 of which is well indicated by the title, "The Farmers' Horticultural and Gen- 

 eral Improvement Club of Constance, iVIinn." They are to hold weekly meet- 

 ings in the winter and bi-weekly in the summer. The president is Mr. J. P. 

 Ness and the secretary Mr. Fred Johnson. This example could be profitably 

 followed by every community in the state. 



Our New Building at the State Fair,— The new agricultural hall at the 

 state fair, of which horticulture is to occupy about two-fifths, is rapidly near- 

 ing completion and will be ready for the exhibitors on August 10th. The 

 floors are to be all artificial stone, the glass all painted in white to exclude the 

 sun's rays, and the inside walls and all wood work painted also in white. The 

 building is a beauty inside and out, and we are proud to have the opportunity 

 to participate in the "house warming" on September 2nd next. Will you be 

 there to take a part with us ? 



Prof. Green Revises "Vegetable Gardkninc," and "Forestry in 

 Minnesota." — Prof. Green is putting in much leisure time this summer in 



