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committee, also secure the best law possible to secure the forests of 

 our State. 



4. That the culture of small fruits be urged on all our people, iu 

 country and village, and that amateurs use only the old and well 

 known varieties. 



5. That the dissemination of information in regard to fruit grow- 

 ing and tree planting is very desirable, and that the press, and espe- 

 cially the platform of the farmers' institutes, should be used for this 



purpose. 



G. W. Fuller, 



J. S. Harris, 



A. W. Latham, 



Committee. 



The report of the committee on legislation being called for. Prof. 

 Porter said there was nothing special to report that had not been 

 pretty well ventilaled during the present session. A larger number 

 of copies of the transactions of the Society should be printed, and 

 more of them should be bound in cloth. He wished to emphasize 

 what the Secretary had said on this subject in his annual report. It 

 was better to have fewer copies printed, if need be, and have more 

 bound volumes. 



Col. Stevens, from the committe on final resolutions, presented the 

 following which was adopted : 



fruit resolutions. 



The committee on resolutions would respectfully report: 



That we desire to thank the citizens of Minneapolis, for their hospitality during 

 the session of the Society. We also desire to thank all of the railroads that re- 

 duced their regular rates for the transportation of the members of the Society in 

 attendance at the annual meeting. 



The committee would also recommend the continuance of the committee on 

 seedlings and fruits for another year. 



Mr. Smith moved that the question as to the publication of the 

 prize essays be referred to the committee on publications. 



Col. Stevens. Would it not be better to print all of them? 



Mr. Pearce. I think not; to print those that received the prize will 

 be sufficient. 



The motion of Mr. Smith was carried. 



Mr. Pearce extended an invitation to the Society to hold its summer 

 meeting at Lakeside Nursery, near Lake Minnetonka, and promised 



