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pices of the fair. This called together a considerable number of 

 nurserymen and pomologists from many countries, and doubtless 

 its influence for good will be great and lasting. The sessions of 

 each branch were held in different sections, which proved to be 

 much better than a promiscuous mass convention. It facilitates 

 business and gives each delegate and visitor an opportunitj' to 

 spend his whole time with that section in which he is most inter- 

 ested, or in which he sees the opportunity of gaining the most 

 good. An outgrowth of this congress was the organization of a 

 World's Horticultural Society. It is an association of national, 

 state, provincial and district societies of every branch of horticul- 

 ture, and individuals of every horticultural pursuit who desire to 

 join. In this organization, besides our own countrj'^, England, 

 France, Germany, Russia, japan, Mexico and Canada were repre- 

 sented. 



Your humble servant inost sincerely believes that pomology 

 was the best feature of the greatest fair the world ever saw; that it 

 will give a new impetus to progressive horticxilture, and prove the 

 beginning of a new and better era in the history of poinology. 

 Pomology has mad^wonderful progress within the time since our 

 society was organized. Who can tell what the future progress will 

 be until the fruits of the impetus for research and experiment in- 

 spired by the great fair are all gathered in? 



VS. 





IRRIGATION. 



Dear Sir: No. 7 of the "Horticultixrist" received and the contents 

 relished as itsual. 



I see you call for experience in the waj'^ of irrigating small fruit. 

 I have done a little in that line in my blackberries this season and 

 am very much pleased with the result and intend to put in a plant 

 of some kind next season to irrigate all I can. 



This season I used a team and tank and irrigated one piece of 

 sixty-five rods. I commenced July 12th and hauled eight tanks of 

 twent}- barrels each, making H'lO barrels. Jul}' IHth, I hauled five 

 tanks of twenty barrels each, making UK) barrels. July 14th, I hauled 

 five tanks of twenly barrels each, making KX) barrels. Tliis gave it 

 a pretty good soaking. On the ISth, I gave it eleven tanks more, 

 making 580 barrels in all. On the evening of the lOth, we had a pretty 

 good rain which did for a week. I intended to haul again on the 

 29th, but other work prevented. 



From this experiment I conclude tluit we must have a very large 

 storage tank or cistern, as it will lake fifty barrels to the rod to do it 

 well. My intention at present is to put up a windmill and build a 

 large shallow cistern (partly in the ground and open on top, so the 

 sun will warm the water) on the highest part of my berry field, 



