506 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Col. Liggett: Mr. President, I thank you for the invitation 

 you have extended to me. I wish to extend to this society at 

 this time an invitation to visit the School of Agriculture at 9 

 o'clock Friday morning. I understand the deliberations of 

 your society end tomorrow evening, and if you will come over 

 Friday morning at any time we will be glad to see you. We 

 will meet you at Cromwell avenue on the interurban line with 

 teams, and we invite you to dinner. Not a feast or banquet, 

 but just what the boys live on every day — and it will afford the 

 faculty great pleasure to meet you there. This is my first 

 opportunity of meeting you here, and I will not take up any of 

 your time, because I know you have papers and discussions 

 that are of more importance than anything I can say, but I 

 want to express my pleasure at meeting you at this time. This 

 is one of the best and most important organization in the state. 

 While I have been engaged in agriculture, I have never paid 

 much attention to horticulture, but when I lived on the farm I 

 had always some one to look after it, because I thought it was 

 the proper thing to do. If the sense of the meeting could be 

 taken in regard to the trip Friday, we would be very glad to 

 know how many could go. 



Pres. Underwood: I will say. Col. Liggett, that on behalf of 

 the society I thank you for the invitation you have extended 

 to us. There are quite a good many who cannot make up their 

 minds now whether they can go out or not. I will find out in 

 proper time and advise you. 



Although the afternoon has nearly passed away, and we 

 have not been able to take up the afternoon's program, I want 

 to call on Prof. Green for a report on trial stations. 



Prof. Green then submitted the following report: 



" Central Trial Station." Prof.S. B. Green, St. Anthony Park. 

 (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood: We have a paper on the program by Mr. 

 W. P. Rogers on the subject of "How to Make a Minnesota 

 Vineyard Pay." 



Mr. Rogers read the following paper which elicited enthusi- 

 astic applause: 



"How to Make a Minnesota Vineyard Pay." Walter P. 

 Rogers, Excelsior. (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood: This paper is open for discussion now. 

 Has any one any question to ask or anything to say on this 

 subject? 



