72 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



needed today, and at this very moment, to prevent the great 

 victory of the farming element from being anything more than 

 a temporary affair, and its successes from being excesses. 



REPORT AS LIBRARIAN. 



At the last annual meeting of the Society the secretary was 

 made librarian, and I at once appointed our friend, Mr. E. A. 

 Cuzner, as assistant, and he has practically done the same 

 work as heretofore, only he has done more of it on account of 

 the sending out of many more reports than heretofore. I am 

 sure that he has many times over earned his salary. Besides 

 sending the reports to the persons designated by law about 70 

 sets containing most of the issues since 1880 have been sent 

 out, besides about 1,6Q0 reports have been distributed at the 

 farmers' institutes. 



BACK NUMBERS OF THE REPORTS. 



All the reports of the past issues that were in the basement 

 of the capitol building were early in the summer transferred 

 to the University where we have found good temporary quarters 

 for our library. Many of these reports have been distributed 

 at the farmers' institutes and the remainder (excepting about 

 100 of each issue retained for exchange) will] be be distributed 

 at the present series of institutes where they are much sought 

 after. 



FINANCIAL REPORT OF SECRETARY. 



Receipts. 



Membership fees $74. 00 



Stamps sold .50 



Received from treasurer on reports 100.00 



Total receipts $174.50 



Disbursements. 



Postage on reports, etc $93.87 



Miscellaneous expenses 16.84 



Printing 8.25 



Plate of Chas. Hoag for frontispiece, Vol. XVIII 10.00 



Paid treasurer to balance account 45.54 



$174.50 

 IN CONCLUSION. 



In conclusion I wish to thank the society for the honor they 

 have conferred upon me by electing me to this position. The 

 duties of the office are many and varied, and require much at- 

 tention. I leave particularly impressed by the ease with which 



