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Columbian exposition in such shape that it will work credit to 

 our society and state. I think it is very proper that this 

 society should recommend that the executive committee should 

 take suitable action in arranging and providing for an exhibit. 

 Some suitable legislation, perhaps, should be asked for, some 

 appropriation on the part of the state, to make a proper dis- 

 play there, and I do not know any better way than to refer this 

 matter to the executive committee, recommending that they 

 give it the necessary and prompt attention. I would make a 

 motion to the effect that it be so referred. 



President Elliot: We were in hopes that Mr. Emery would 

 give us some outline or some plan, perhaps, that we could work 

 up, but as we have got a good executive committee, perhaps 

 with their efforts we may be able to bring the matter before 

 our people in such a way that they will become enthusiastic over 

 it. I do not know of any one thing that we as a society can do 

 that will be of more importance to the interest of our state than 

 to place an exhibit of fruit down at Chicago, and in order to do 

 that we have got to have the co-operation of every member of 

 this society and of all auxiliary societies in the state. We must 

 not overlook the fact that thousands and thousands of people 

 will come to that exposition who are looking for homes, and 

 looking for pointers there in order to know where they shall 

 locate, and we should have some kind of literature there that 

 will give them some indication of what our resources are, and 

 we have a little matter in the hands of the committee now in 

 regard to some points that are connected with this. Now in 

 regard to our map, I do not know of anything we could publish 

 that would give better or clearer information than that. We 

 are at work on a fruit map now which, if we can get proper aid 

 to publish it in connection with the book on horticulture, will 

 be of great benefit. It will be distributed all over the state so 

 our farmers may know how to plant and when to plant, and it 

 will be of valuable service to them. There were some recom- 

 mendations in the president's annual address in regard to this 

 matter, and I would ask that committee if they are ready to re- 

 port. 



Clarence Wedge: Mr. President, as chairman of that com- 

 mittee I would say that Mr. Grimes, the secretary, has pre- 

 pared a report which meets the approval of the committee. 



Mr Grimes then read the following report: 



