510 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. Elliot, as chairman, then presented the report of the commit- 

 tee on the president's address as follows: 



Your coininittee heartih' endorse the plan recommended b}^ our 

 president in giving- premiums for new members and the formation 

 of more local horticultural societies. The suggestion of issuing 

 blank forms of organization b}" our societj^ is a splendid one. Also 

 topics for discussion would be of value. The plan in some modified 

 economical form is well worth considering bj' our society. When 

 our president referred to lecturers in our state work to represent 

 the horticultural interests of our state he touched upon a most 

 important point, for furthering the interests of fruit-growing. Our 

 great drawback has been the want of lecturers that could go into 

 the field and give the right instruction and impress upon the minds 

 of our people that they were losing grand opportunities for better- 

 ing the conditions of themselves and ther friends. 



Our farmers' institute horticultural work has been abl}"- sustained 

 in the past by the efforts of some of the members of our society, but 

 the time has coine,we think, when we should have instructors in our 

 art that are to the fore-front in all classes of horticultural work as 

 instructors. The subject of the publication of our report as a 

 monthly periodical to represent the interests of horticulture and 

 the best interests of our society is a grand thought, and the more 

 inquiry among our members and other educators is made, we find 

 the concensus of opinion is that, if any feasable way can be provi- 

 vided, it should be brought about. The results, we think, would be 

 very beneficial to our societj^ and the public at large. We recom- 

 mend that the subject be referred to the executive committee for 

 further investigation, with full powers to act in the premises, and 

 carrj^ out this project if feasible. 



Wyman Elliot. L. R. Moyer. M. M. Frisselle. 



On motion of Prof. Green the report was accepted and adopted. 



The society next listened to the report of the delegate to the Wis- 

 consin and Iowa Horticultural Societies' meetings by J. S. Harris, 

 La Crescent. (See index.) 



J. S. Harris, La Crescent, then presented the report of the commit- 

 tee on entomology. (See index.) 



Following this, the secretarj-^ read the report of the committee on 

 ornithology by Frank I. Harris, La Crescent. (See index.) 



President Underwood: Mr. Owen, of "Farm, Stock and Home" is 

 with us this afternoon, and there has been a general expression from 

 the society that they would like to hear from Mr. Owen. 



Mr. S. M. Owen then stepped forward and addressed the society 

 as follows: 



Mr. President, this is unexpected, but it is a pleasure, nevertheless- 

 I am gratified and complimented to know tliat anj'one desires to 

 hear anything from me at all. I am glad, too, that I have the oppor- 

 tunity to express a little of the admiration that I have always enter- 

 tained for this society. I do not say this as a truckler in taffy, be- 

 cause that is not my style, but I do entertain a good opinion of your- 

 society and always have. I notice since I came in here how the 

 young element is growing in this horticultural societj\ I remember 

 I used to ask some of the old members, "What is the state going to 

 do when you are dead?" Then they did not know, now the)' know 

 that there is plenty of younger material to take their places. 



I admire this society because of what it has accomplished in the 

 way of growing fruit in this state. I was in California a year ago, and 

 they told me what a grand country that was, and how easy it was to 

 grow fruit. They expected to excite my admiration, but the}^ didn't. 

 I was like that man they tell about at iNiagara Falls, who was taken 



