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Scotch pine I only lost twenty-three in a thousand. The pines 

 stand now from ten to twelve feet high, and from four to six 

 inches in diameter, and of course make a magnificent wind- 

 break. 



If there are any points in my experience as given that are of 

 any value to the student of horticulture in Minnesota, I am 

 happy to give them. Yours truly, 



S. O. Taggart. 



FEOM DAKOTA. 



Deadwood, Dakota. July 24, 1886. 

 I have quite an orchard set out at my ranch, and expect to 

 have over a barrel of apples this year. I have derived great 

 benefit from reading accounts in Pioneer Press of your annual 

 meetings and reports. I think this country, in the immediate 

 vicinity of the Hills, is admirably adapted to horticulture. 



Yours truly, 



Wm. Selbie. 



The following paper was then read: 



COLD IS KIXCt. 



H0^\^ MODIFIED IX THE COLD NORTHWEST. 



By E. H. S. Dartt, Oiratonmi. 



Cold is king! His realms are too extensive for human con- 

 ception. He envelops the whole earth in a vast mantle which 

 though forced up a little at the equator, gradually settles towards 

 the North and South, till it seems frozen fast at the poles. As a 

 king he is fully able to enforce his mandates. He has said to 

 man, "thus far and no further."' And the almost superhuman 

 efforts of rebellious man have not yet enabled him to reach the 

 North Pole. 



He has fixed the northern limit of the cotton belt, the corn 

 belt and the apple belt, and if we attempt to force these limits 

 further north we can not expect greater success than those who 

 have labored in vain to reach the North Pole. 



Although the northern limit for the successful cultivation of 

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