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meut of a committee to devise measures for the general observance of 

 Arbor Day. His plan was to issue a circular letter impressing upon 

 persons having charge of churches, schools, and other institutions, 

 and upon citizens of towns and villages the necessity of planting 

 shade trees upon the grounds in their charge. Now " The Farmer " 

 of St. Paul deals in good common sense when it says of this resolu- 

 tion: "No doubt a great deal of good might be accomplished by fol- 

 lowing out this suggestion, and that, too, at a trifling expense to each 

 individual." 



Were it not for the friendly and most liberal aid rendered the hor- 

 ticulturists by the agricultural press of the Northwest, our noble vo- 

 cation would be "uphill" business when compared to its present 

 status. This thought was suggested by noting the lively interest 

 manifested in the Dakota Horticultural Society by the Dakota Far- 

 mer, not only at her last convention, but from the day of their organ- 

 ization up to the present time. And when I compare this friendly 

 aid to similar papers in our own State, such as *' Farui, Stock and 

 Home" and " The Farmer," I perceive no lack of interest. These be- 

 ing facts that any man of ordinary intelligence can comprehend — 

 then why should not every horticulturist in Minnesota aid the agri- 

 cultural press of Minnesota with both'pen and purse? 



ANNUAL MEETING OF THE DAKOTA HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



By Oliver Gihhs, Jr., Ramsey, Dak. 



As you will receive from A. W. Sias, who was present at our meet- 

 ing at Huron last week, and who, by the way, was made an honorary 

 life member, some account of the proceedings, I will leave to him the 

 most that I had in mind as being likely to interest you 



The meeting convened under depressing circumstances, the bill 

 passed at the last session of the territorial legislature providing an 

 annual appropriation to print the horticultural report and to pay the 

 incidental expenses of the society, having failed to receive the gov 

 ernor's signature; and why his excellency had not signed it none of 

 us knew. However, after being together a little while, it was found 

 that the few present were willing to do the work of the meeting just 

 as thoroughly as if an immediate publication was in prospect, trust- 

 ing that next winter all would come out right, and the public then 



