ANNUAL MEETING, lti96. 509 



Thursday Morning Session. 



Pres. Underwood: The first thing onourprogram this morn- 

 ing is the report of committee on fruit list. Mr. Wedge is 

 chairman of that committee, and I will call on him for a report. 



Mr. Wedge then submitted the following report: "Report 

 of Committee on Fruit List." Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea, 

 Chairman. (See index:) 



Discussion. 



Pres. Underwood: What is your pleasure with this report? 



Mr. Pearce: I move the report of the committee be adopted. 



Pres. Underwood: What is your pleasure, gentlemen, in 

 regard to this question? The question is on the adoption of the 

 report of the committee. 



The question being submitted to a vote, the report of the com- 

 mittee was adopted. 



Pres. Underwood: Now, I think, ladies and gentlemen, we 

 must pass on to our morning program. We have given so much 

 time to the discussion of this paper, we have only one hour left. 

 We have some very interesting papers we must call for, and 

 the first one is on windbreaks for orchards. We have another 

 paper I will call for in a little while on some new ideas in 

 orcharding, by Mr. Patten, of Iowa. I am just waiting until 

 some members of the fruit committee in the other room can be 

 preseuu, I will now call on Mr. Richardson. 



Mr. Richardson then read a paper on the following subject: 

 "Windbreaks for Orchards." S. D. Richardson, Winnebago 

 City. (See index. ) 



Discussion. 



Pres. Underwood: We have not time to further continue 

 this interesting discussion, but we must take up the next paper 

 on the program The next topic is a paper by Prof. Snyder 

 on the uses of manure for horticultural purposes. 



"The Preparation and Uses of Manure for Horticultural 

 Purposes." Prof. Harry Snyder, Univ. Farm School. (See 

 index. ) 



Discussion. 



Pres. Underwood: Now I would like to call for Mr. Dartt's 

 paper on girdling. 



"Girdling to Promote Fruitfulness." E. H. S. Dartt, Owa- 

 tonna. (See index.) 



Pres. Underwood: We have a paper here on "New Methods 

 of Orcharding," which I beg you to listen to, and I will ask 



