48 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



public reservation at this point, which will be of great value as our 

 population increases. 



A New Horticultural Building at the University Farm 

 School. — The Board of Regents of the State University have 

 decided to recommend the legislature to appropriate $18,000 for a new 

 structure at the " Farm School " to be devoted to horticulture and 

 agricultural physics, $3,000 to the latter branch and $15,000 to the 

 former. Our state school of agi-iculture has the reputation of being 

 the most successful and economically conducted of its kind in the 

 country, as well as having been the first to inaugurate a practical 

 plan of operating such a school in educating j'oung men to be farm- 

 ers — and we understand.that those who attend them do, as a rule, re- 

 turn to the farm. Such a result inust be far-reaching in its effects, 

 and the institution which fosters successfully education of this 

 character should receive the fullest and heartiest support of the 

 people, as is assuredly done in this case. 



A Congress of Agriculture. — A number of the state associa- 

 tions are to hold a joint session under the auspices of the State 

 Agricultural Society at St. Paul, beginning on Wednesday, the 13th 

 inst., the day after the annual meeting of that society. The first day 

 will be occupied by the Stock Breeder's Association; the next daj^ 

 Thursday, by the State Forestry Association; Thursday evening will 

 be devoted to the subject of flax fiber and an association organized 

 in its interest; Friday will be taken up in part by the Good Road's 

 Association. Programs have been prepared for these ineetings and 

 reduced railroad rates should insure a large attendance. 



This "Congress" is intended to prepare the way for similar meet- 

 ings in the future on a more comprehensive scale, in which it is in- 

 tended the Agricultural Society shall assume the role of instructor 

 of the farmers of the state as well as that it now performs so well in 

 the management of its annual show. Go, if you can! 



The Next State Fair Board. — There are, as usual, two mem- 

 bers of the executive board of the State Agricultural Society to be 

 filled by election at the annual meeting Januarj'^, 12. .The name of J. 

 M. Underwood, of our society, has been suggested to fill one of these 

 vacancies. His choice would certainly be a very satisfactory one 

 for all interests, for besides being an expert horticulturist, he is a 

 well-known horse and cattle breeder and a business man of large 

 experience and unquestioned integrity. It would be hard to find one 

 better qualified than he for this responsible position. If the high 

 position the fair has taken the last two years is to be maintained and 

 still further advanced, it will be because of the election of such men to 

 occupy the positions of trust in that organization. Those of our 

 fraternity who feel interested in the election of Mr. Underwood to 

 this office can use their influence to advantage by communicating 

 w^ith any life member of the Agricultural Society or with delegates 

 to the meeting, three of whom are sent b}^ each Count}* Agricultu- 

 ral Society, and are probabl}' alreadj^ appointed. 



