ANNUAL MEETING, 1896. 503 



"Mulching and Irrigation in the Orchard." D. R. McGinnis, 

 St. Paul. (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood: We will now take up again the regular 

 order of our program and listen to a paper by Mr. Andrews. 



"Top- Working Apple Trees; Purpose, Methods and Results." 

 J. P. Andrews. Faribault. (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood : I do not think we have time to stop for 

 any discussion of this paper, and I will at once take up the 

 next paper on the program by Mr. Bush. 



"Setting a Minnesota Orchard; How, When and Where." A. 

 K. Bush, Dover. (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood: It is now after twelve o'clock and time to 

 adjourn. The balance of this program we will have to take up 

 after dinner. Quite an array of reports are on the afternoon's 

 program, and it will probably be necessary to file most of them 

 for publication without reading, so that after convening this 

 afternoon we will have time to take up the remainder of this 

 morning's program. 



Sec'y Latham: I want to call your attention to the plans we 

 have had prepared for the proposed new building at the state 

 fair grounds. We shall be glad to have you examine them 

 closely and criticize them. They are the plans we intend to 

 submit to the board. 



Pres. Underwood: We will now stand adjourned to 2 o'clock 

 this afternoon. 



Wednesday Afternoon Session. 



Pres. Underwood: There seems to be some delay in conven- 

 ing this afternoon, but we will have to catch up on our program, 

 and we will therefore take it up where we left off this morning, 

 and I will present a five minute paper which was assigned me. 



"Cultivation of an Orchard." J. M. Underwood, Lake City. 

 (See index.) 



Discussion. 



Pres. Underwood: We have Mr. Parker's paper here on the 

 subject of protection of the orchard, but perhaps for want of 

 time, as Mr. Parker is not present, we had better pass it for 

 the present, and we will next call on Mr. Dartt, who will tell 

 us how to care for the apples after we have raised them. 



"Gathering, Storing and Marketing the Apple Crop." E. 

 H. S. Dartt, Owatonna. (See index.) 



