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tural college he thought practical results would be speedily 

 secured. 



Mr. Dartt thought there should be action taken in this matter 

 without delay. 



Mr. Gould said it was best not to make haste too rapidly in 

 this matter, and it was better to see where we were likely to land 

 before " we jump," He was not prepared to vote for the resolu- 

 tion at present. 



Mr. C. L. Smith said nothing was to be gained by delay. No 

 reading and thinking man who had given the subject attention 

 could have failed to comprehend the situation. The question as 

 to the propriety of a separation of the agricultural college and 

 the university had been thoroughly agitated. If the members 

 of the Society were in favor of the legislature giving encourage- 

 ment and support to the experiment station to make it a success 

 resolution; if on the other hand they were in favor of tying the 

 hands of its superintendent so that he could accomplish nothing 

 they would oppose it. For one he was in favor of its adoption. 



Prof. Porter said the state legislature had passed a law requir- 

 ing the establishment of the experimental station but had thus 

 far failed to make an appropriation for carrying on its work. 

 Other states were aiding similar stations by liberal appropria- 

 tions, and there was no other way to give it the efficiency for ac- 

 complishing the work required except by the methods indicated. 



The resolution was adopted. 



Reports from members of the General Fruit Committee being 

 in order the following were presented: 



REPORT FROM WABASHA COUN'TY. 



By Sydney Corp, Hammond. 



8. D. milman, Secretary, etc.: 



As a report is desired from me with regard to my method of 

 preserving fruit I send you the following: I can only account 

 for my apples keeping well by the plan I follow of picking and 

 preserving them. Owing to the hot, dry weather, which ad- 

 vanced the ripening process, they have not kept as well as usual 

 this season; and they may have been left on the trees too long be- 

 fore gathering them. 



My way of gathering my winter apples is to go over the trees 

 about three times, first picking the apples that grow in the sun 



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