THE 1000 MEMBERSHIP MARK. 97 
HOW THAT 1000 MEMBERSHIP MARK MAY BE 
REACHED. 
A. K. BUSH, HORTICULTURAL LECTURER AT FARMER’S*INSTITUTE. 
Personally I am very anxious to extend the usefulness and field 
of the Minnesota Horticultural Society. Kuowing this can be best 
accomplished by securing new names for membership, I have 
given the matter a little extra time and attention during the past 
year, and succeeded in securing about fifty additional subscriptions. 
Now, I do not mention this as an egotist or with any thought of 
“see what I have done,” but wish to call attention to what you can 
do in helping along this “new gospel” of fruit growing and tree 
planting, which we want preached all over our state, and to every 
person, until plantings shall be made on every farm and home 
grounds in Minnesota in such quantities that every family may use 
home grown fruits in abundance as an all-the-year-round food. 
This would give good health, add years to our lives, and save “store 
bills,” etc., also help make the home self supporting. 
With such thoughts in mind and a desire to place the best in- 
struction in fruit growing known in our state in the hands of my 
friends, I show them the generous and valuable combination offered 
by our society to new members. In addition to all the other socie- 
ty’s helps for the year, each member has the cloth bound re- 
port of 550 pages, a live, up-to-date monthly magazine of 40 to 50 
pages, also Prof. S. B. Green’s Amateur Fruit Growing, a book of 
130 pages, containing the best practical information known to the 
northwest planter and grower of fruits. Wherever I can place this 
combination, which costs only $1.00, I know some family is started 
or helped on the road to successful fruit growing. 
Now, a suggestion to every member of our horticultural society: 
With a supply of the magazines and fruit lists, which, if you do not 
have, can be had of Secretary Latham, also a copy of the report and 
Amateur Fruit Grower, go to the next annual town meeting in the 
morning and stay all day, vote right, then do not squander:time 
and effort in “discussing politics,’ but make a business of securing 
new members to the Minnesota Horticultural Society. “Work” other 
public gatherings in the same way—I can assure you it is no “mean 
business.” You will be surprised when you learn of the general 
interest in the subject, and how easily and readily they come down 
with the dollar and their name. Let’s all unite, prepare for this 
“push” and surprise our worthy secretary by passing the “1000 mark” 
in 1898! 
N. B.—The society does not offer Green’s “Amateur Fruit 
Growing” as a premium to new members, but it does offer this 
valuable work as a premium to old members for securing new 
ones, and Mr. Bush has adopted the commendable practice of 
giving to the new members this premium, which, in fact, is his 
own premium. This plan may well be pursued by our members 
in increasing our membership, especially after one has secured 
a single copy for himself. The society does, however, offer 
three plant premiums, valuable to new members, of which Mr. 
Bush does not speak. See list on inside page of front cover 
of this magazine to select from. Séec’y. 
