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fruit and forestry stations, to be supported and sustained by the 

 government, were well handled, and he demonstrated that at 

 least two such were immediately needed. In timber culture 

 satisfactory results had not generally been i-ealized. He thought 

 trees were endowed with a certain amount of inorganic sense, 

 and that the failures were oftener the result of not consulting 

 that sense and complying with the conditions required, than from 

 any inherent fault of the tree, or the climate where it was trans 

 planted. There are about two million dollars worth of fruit 

 wanted annually, to put with the meat, grain and vegetables 

 grown here, to afford the present population a wholesome diet, 

 that will promote and sustain strength of body and vigor of mind, 

 and establish a love of home among the rising generation, that 

 will keep them good and loyal citizens. At lefist one- half of that 

 amount can be supplied by fresh, canned and dried small fruits that 

 may be grown here with certainty when the people are educated 

 up to follow the proper methods of planting and cultivation. 

 And were it an established fact that apples could never be made 

 to succeed here, it would still prove the part of wisdom for our 

 government to provide liberally for the encouragement and pro- 

 motion of horticulture. 



After the president's address the subject of growing evergreens 

 upon the prairies was taken up and discussed until a late hour. 



The second day's session was opened with the reading of a 

 paper prepared by D. S. Grimes, of Colorado, on the Rocky 

 Mountain evergreens, and their adaptation for planting in Da- 

 kota. Mr. Grimes evidently understood his subject thoroughly 

 and he discussed the methods of planting and cultivating that 

 class of trees, and gave many important suggestions that were 

 listened to with great interest. 



Other papers on forestry were read which attracted much at- 

 tention from those present. H. R. Hunter, of Sioux Falls, fol- 

 lowed with a paper on Planting and Rearing Evergreens. This 

 paper carried much weight with it owing to his having made 

 the growing of evergreens a study for several years, and now hav- 

 ing an evergreen farm near the city. These papers led to a re- 

 newal of the discussion and many important points and exper- 

 iences were brought out. It is unfortunate that there was no 

 stenographer present to take them down. Mr. Hunter has grow- 

 ing upon his farm about twenty acres of evergreens in solid 

 blocks and nursery rows. At the noon recess a committee of 

 which your Minnesota delegation formed a part, went out to his 



