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horse jockey or trickster takes away two or three hundred dollars of 

 hard cash. I can hardly believe that this condition of things is a fair 

 indication of the taste and wishes of a majority of our citizens, and I 

 hope we shall soon see a change for the better. 



To the people of Hutchinson I wish to saj^ encourage the growing 

 of fruits and vegetables in levery possible way until your home wants 

 are supplied and until a large cannery will be required to consume the 

 surplus, and then there will be healthy and profitable employment for 

 every man, woman and child in your village. Mankato has had a 

 cannery for several years and you have had just as good facilities as 

 that town. 



To our farmers I wish to say, do not let our villiage friends enjoy all 

 the good things of this world. Do a little more thinking and a little 

 less muscle work. You are buyers and sellers, why not be business 

 men in every sense of the word. 



Following is the report of the local society in Big Stone County ; 

 LAKESIDE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To the Secretary of the State Horticultural Society: 



No specially marked progress in fruit raising ia this part of the State 

 can be reported; though our people keep trying with persistent per- 

 severance. The great drawback is a general deficiency of forest trees 

 to protect such plants. A goodly number of our farmers are appreciat- 

 ing this necessity. 



The tree peddler's enactment has operated favorably here — keeping 

 out a set of cormorants. 



The members of our society are considerably scattered, rendering, it 

 quite difficult to keep up regular meetings; but it is a live working 

 institution. Under its direct auspices a very successful Farmers' In- 

 stitute was held here last November, during which sessions the claims 

 of forestry were urged upon the people, whereby lo lay the foundation 

 of successful fruit raising. S. Y. Gordon, Jr. 



Secretary Lakeside Horticultural Society. 



Browns Valley, Jan. IT, 1888. 



Following is the report of the secretary of the Hennepin County 

 Horticultural Society and Market Gardeners Association : 



