ANNUAL MEETING. 1900. 483 



'"Manipulation of the Soil Necessary or Profitable for a Plum 

 Orchard." Dewain Cook, Windom. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"Movement of the Soil in the Successful Vineyard." C. W. 

 Sampson, Excelsior. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



"Tools for Garden and Orchard Use." S. D. Richardson, Win- 

 nebago City. (See index.) 



Discussion. 



The President : We have a number of delegates with us this 

 morning from some of our sister states, and I am sure we would 

 all be pleased to hear a word of encouragement from them, to hear 

 of their successes to cheer us on our way. I will first call on Prof. 

 Hansen, of the South Dakota Agricultural College, of Brookings. 



Prof. N. E. Hansen (S. D.) : I have nothing in particular to 

 say of our work, for we of South Dakota come over here to learn 

 from the gray and white heads we see about us. We are laboring 

 under harder conditions than you are in Minnesota. Mr. Cook and 

 Mr. Older can sympathize with us, as can also Judge Moyer. The 

 further west you go the harder the conditions become for growing 

 fruit successfully. \\^e are not discouraged by any means, for we 

 raise a lot of fruit. Our people are plant breeding, and I will tell 

 you what we do. We are breeding the native things mostly. We 

 have just run up against this fact, that farmers will not grow rasp- 

 berries if they have to lay them down for winter protection ; we 

 must raise something that does not need to be laid down. They 

 will not mulch their strawberries, so we must develop something 

 from the native that does not need protection. That is what we 

 are doing there, and we expect to succeed. 



The President : I now take pleasure in introducing to you Mr. 

 J. S. Trigg, of the Northeastern Iowa Society. We are glad to 

 have Mr. Trigg with us — I believe this is for the first time — and 

 we hope we shall hear from him often during our meeting. 



Remarks by Mr. J- S. Trigg. (See index.) 



Alfred Terry : Your committee on credentials has received the 

 credentials of the following persons and beg leave to report that 

 thev are properly qualified to represent their respective organiza- 

 tions : 



C. L. Watrous, delegate from the Iowa State Horticultural Society ; J. 

 S. Trigg, from the Northeastern Iowa Horticultui;al Society ; A. P. Steven- 

 son, Nelson, Man., from the Western Horticultural Society, of Manitoba ; 

 Jno. Freeman, of the Southern Minnesota Horticultural Society. 

 (Signed) ALFRED TERRY, 



W. L. TAYLOR, 

 O. M. LORD. ; 



Committee. 



