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The Wisconsin Summer Meeting.— Our neighbors had their 

 usual good time in their two days' meeting at Omro, and perhaps a 

 little better, judging by the enthusiastic account of it in their July 

 monthl}'. When it came to the exhibit, G. J. Kellogg was a whole 

 fair in himself, having on exhibition sixtj- varieties of strawberries, 

 and the Thayer Fruit Farm followed a close second with over fifty 

 kinds — and there were others. Flowers and vegetables filled in the 

 spare niches on the tables. Prof. E. S. Goff, Wm. Toole and others of 

 note in the horticultural field contributed towards the program, and 

 the meeting wound up Thursday evening Avith something danger- 

 ously near a banquet, though Secretary Philips, in his modesty, 

 refers to it as a reception with "dainty refreshments served by 

 maidens fair." Evidently our Wisconsin friends were hard hit, and 

 we almost envy them their "good time." They know how to get up 

 a good summer meeting and how to describe it. 



An Agricultural Congress in St. Paul.— The tillers of the 

 soil will convene at St. Paul August 31st. Minnesota is to 

 be represented by such sturdy farmers as John Cooper, of 

 St. Cloud; J. H. Letson, of Alexandria; L. C. Stebbins, of Roch- 

 ester; H. F. Brown, of Minneapolis, and others. It should be 

 called "Pan-American," as delegates are expected from most 

 countries on the western continent. The program is an interesting 

 one, judging from the well known names of those who are to be 

 heard during its two days' session. Horticulture is to be well re- 

 presented there in the persons of Pres. F. M. Powell, of the Iowa 

 society; E. P. Bernadin, of Oklahoma; E. S. Emory, of Montana; Prof. 

 S. B, Green; and J. E. Northrup, who will thrust his sharp steel into 

 that monstrosity, "The Government Seed Shop." This bids fair to 

 be a gathering of unusual interest, and we shall plan to go — and so 

 should you. Even if the weeds do get the start of you a little, you 

 will know better how to down them when you get home. 



The Agricultural Savants Meet.— The Association of Ameri- 

 can Agricultural College and Experiment Station professors and 

 officers convened in Minneapolis, July 13th, holding their sessions 

 at the State University. Horticulture was well represented there in 

 the persons of Prof. Gotf, Wisconsin; Prof. Wheeler, Michigan; Prof. 

 Munson, Maine; Prof. Waldron, North Dakota; Prof. Corbett, West 

 Virginia; Prof. Emery, Montana; our Prof. Green, and others whom 

 it was not my good fortune to meet. It is impossible to estimate 

 even the great value in this period of rapid development of the 

 work of these institutions. Nearly every state in the Union has a 

 state experiment station , and each of them issues several bulletins a 

 year, of which thousands of copies go out to tlie people. About 

 $2,000,000 is now appropriated annuallj'^ by tlie general government 

 for this work. The bulletins of each state are mailed regularly as is- 

 sued to the residents of the same state, and, following this practice, 

 any resident of Minnesota can receive those issued \yy our state sta- 

 tion, at St. Anthony Park. If you wish to be enrolled on this list, ad- 

 dress Wm. M. Liggett, Dean, at that office. 



