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Society, and gradually gather in all around until it represents the 
whole county. 
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Olmsted County. 
Mr. Pearce :—Our County Society has met with reverses, but we 
still meet. 
Mr. Sommerville :—I have not met with them for the last year on 
account of business. Am sorry for it, and hope we shall restore the 
society, and will try todo so. Have been in the State nineteen 
years. Am a farmer with no ax to grind. Have derived benefit 
from my visit here. Know better what to plant from notes taken 
here. Will try and reorganize our society and help along the State 
Society. 
Mr. Sias:—Am a member of the same society. We had two 
meetings last year. 
Winona County. 
Mr. Hamilton :—Our society failed to report for two years be- 
cause the interest was diminished by the winter of 1872-3, and 
because farmers do not come in and take an interest in the pro- 
“ceedings. m 
Mr. Harris :—Think it would be a good plan for the State Society 
to get up a circular with asample constitution and other informa- 
tion. Some of the best information and results come from small 
local societies. He instanced what the Lemon Weir Valley Society 
had done to improve the taste of the neighborhood and increase the 
cultivation of flowers and shrubs. 
, THURSDAY EVENING. 
The meeting was called to order by the President at 7: 25. 
Pear Culture. 
A verbal report on pear culture, by Mr. Hart, was called for. 
Mr. Hart reported as follows : 
Seedlings from seed sown on sod all died but one. This is an 
excellent pear. It has been sold in Winona for the past six years. 
