498 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
he looks upon the relation of horticulture to agriculture, or 
any other topic he may see fit to speak upon. (Applause). 
Mr. Randall: Mr. President and Members of the Horticultural 
Society: I think your worthy president is given to magnifying the 
work performed by the secretary of the agricultural society, and 
possibly he has forgotten the amount of work he did himself at the 
last state fair. When he was elected it was said that another horti- 
culturist had been added to the board, and there was an intimation 
that the new acquisition would beof butlittleuse. He wasassigned 
the dairy department, and afterwards was given the management of 
the police, and we found that he was just as capable in those lines 
as heisin horticulture... He is an expert dairyman, and when you 
have a little time to spare I think it would be well to ask him to 
relate his experience in dairying, teaching calves how to drink, etc. 
(Laughter). I was not expecting to be called upon; I have no paper 
prepared and no speech to make. A year ago I reada paper atyour 
meeting. If I had that paper here I would like to repeat one of the 
paragraphs which it contained. (Sec’y Latham: I haveithere). I 
may be sorry now thatI called forit. (Laughter). This is a repeti- 
tion of whatI said about horticulture at your meeting a year ago. 
(Here Mr. Randall read a paragraph from an address delivered at 
the last annual meeting and found on page 279 of the 1897 Annual 
Report, the paragraph referred to beginning at the top of page 281). 
The exhibit this year I think was the best and largest ever seen at 
the fair. These fairs are largely attended, the attendance reaching 
100,000 during the week. I see many men before me who have done 
the state worthy service, and I simply want to say to you that the 
officers of the State Agricultural Society appreciate your co-opera-— 
tion and help, and expect its continuance. (Applause). 
The President: Mr. Gibbs has something to present at this 
time of interest to us all, and as our program is completed up 
to date, it is a very appropriate time now to bring up the 
subject which he wishes to present. 
Mr. Gibbs then presented to the society a group picture of 
ten veteran members of the State Horticultural Society, and 
also a portrait of Mr. J. S. Harris. (See index, ‘‘ Presentation 
of Photographs.’ ) 
Miss Emma V. White then read the following poem, taking 
as her subject the occasion of the picture presentation. (See 
index, ‘‘ Veterans of Horticulture.”’) 
This reading was followed by a few happy remarks by the 
president and a feeling response by Mr. Harris. Other speakers 
on the occasion were Sec. Geo. H. VanHouten and C. L. Smith. 
