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etnplary life, as it seems to our finite intelligence, so prematurely 

 closed. 



The Present Fkuit Crop.— Reports from many points in the 

 state place the fruit crop now being gathered at a considerably 

 higher figure than has been heretofore estimated. The orchards 

 generally are in a very healthy condition and are making a more 

 than usually fine growth, with conditions very favorable for thor- 

 ough ripening of the new wood. Apple trees that did not overbear 

 last year and are in localities reasonably exempt from frost are gen- 

 erally carrying a good but not over-full crop. The prospects for 

 successful orcharding were never brighter. Mr. C. Wedge after an 

 extended trip in southwest Minnesota predicts a "boom in orchard- 

 ing" in that section, and others who have been visiting the south- 

 east part of the state feel much the same way. Reports describing 

 somewhat in detail the present conditions in the fruit regions 

 of Minnesota will appear in the October number. 



Austin to Have a Park.— Every city and growing village should 

 follow the example now being set by Austin in turning its unsightly 

 river bank into a public park. F. L. Nutter, the Minneapolis city 

 park engineer, has just returned from doing the preliminary work 

 in connection with the laying out of this park, and we hope later to 

 publish a plan of it for the benefit of our readers. Very many of the 

 towns of our state have, like Austin, a stream running through and 

 in many cases, as there, the opportunity to dam it and create a water 

 power were instrumental in locating the town. The margin of this 

 millpond and the shores of the stream, in many cases the most neg- 

 lected portion of the town, are often the most picturesque spots for 

 parks, and under the experienced eye of a good landscape gardener 

 might speedily be transformed. Austin has taken advantage of 

 just this situation on the banks of the Cedar river. Residents of 

 similar burgs will be wise to "go and do likewise." 



Wrong Spelling and Names Wrong.— Many speak and spell 

 experiment station "experimental" station. The "al" is left ofif in all 

 official documents issued by the United States and by the various 

 states. 



University Experiment Farm (often abbreviated to University 

 Farm) is the name of the farm, or village of institutions, at St. An- 

 thony Park, Minn. Here are located the Agricultural College, the 

 School of Agriculture, the Dairy School, the Women's Agricultural 

 School and the Experiment Station. The sub-station at Crookston 

 is legally known as the Northwest Sub-Experiment Farm, which we 

 usually abbreviate to Northwest Farm; the one at Grand Rapids 

 the Northeast Sub-Experiment Farm, which may be abbreviated to 

 Northeast Farm. The experiment work in the southwestern part of 

 the state is conducted on Supt. O. C. Gregg's homestead at Lynd, 

 known as "Coteau Farm." 



