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say that it is no such thing. There is no place in all the world 

 where the evaporation is so great as in the forest. You dig 

 down a little ways in the forest and it is ashes. The rainfall 

 and amount of snow we have is what fills our ponds and streams. 



President Elliot : I do not think these resolutions have been 

 disposed of. I think a motion was made to refer them to the 

 committee on forestry, and unless objection is made they will 

 be so referred. 



Mr. Latham then read the following paper: Celery on the 

 Prairie, by Sydney Corp, Hammond. (See Index.) A discuss- 

 ion then followed. 



Mr. Latham read the following papers: "Cultivation of 

 Asparagus," by Wm. Lyons, of Minneapolis. % (See index.) 

 "Report on Vegetables," by Joshua Allyn, Red Wing, Minn, 

 (See index.) 



A short discussion followed . 



E. H. S. Dartt: I have a resolution here which I would like 

 to have adopted without discussion, if you think best . 



" Resolved, That it is the sense of this society that no premiums should 

 be awarded by our State Agricultural Society on fruits not grown by the 

 exhibitor." 



The resolution was unanimously adopted. 



President Elliot: We have with us here Senator Grafe, of 

 Polk county, and we shall be very glad to hear a few words 

 from him. 



Senator Grafe: Mr. Probstfield suggested my coming up 

 here, and I am very glad I came. I am very agreeably dis- 

 appointed at the grand display of fruits, and also in seeing so 

 many men interested in this work. In my own locality we 

 have become rather discouraged in trying to do anything with 

 fruit. I have become discouraged in trying to do anything 

 with apples of any kind . I am trying to raise some small 

 fruits. I was like a good many other people; my hindsight 

 was better than my foresight. I got my timber belt too close 

 to my house; it is too close to my apple and plum trees. It 

 has not been practicable for farmers to branch out, Of the 

 results of my experiments the last two or three years I cannot 

 say anything. My Transcendents all did very well until the 

 last two or three years they have blighted some. The Hyslop 

 has died out, and as far as apples are concerned I have about 

 given up trying to raise any. 



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