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President Elliot: A committee went to St. Paul, waited 

 upon the State Auditor, and after talking the matter over he 

 wrote that letter to me, and wished me to put it in our report; 

 so the letter will be turned over to our publication committee. 



In regard to the committee on legislation, of which I am 

 chairman: Now we have not done anything in the way of leg- 

 islation the past year. We thought we could get better results 

 by keeping quiet. We asked for no appropriations; we 

 thought we would be doing better service than if we asked for 

 an appropriation, and we have nothing further to report so far 

 as legislation is concerned. The executive committee has the 

 appointment of the next committee on legislation and so all 

 matters will be referred to that committee. 



M. Cutler: There is another matter that should be looked 

 after, and that is the printing of our reports should be placed 

 in the hands of the society, and it should be fixed so they can 

 have the printing done wherever they can do the best, and we 

 could have that part of the appropriation placed in our hands. 

 The principal reason is that this printing is in the hands of the 

 state printer, and in connection with legislative work they can- 

 not do our printing until sometime in the summer, and when 

 the legislature is in session our reports do not come out till 

 summer or fall. Now if this was placed in our hands the print- 

 ing would be done by some firm and the report would be out 

 sooner. 



On motion of Mr. Wilcox the whole matter was referred to 

 the legislative committee with power to act. 



Secretary Green read a letter from the Goodhue County Far- 

 mers' Association, extending an invitation to the society to 

 hold its next annual meeting at Red Wing. 



Mrs. Jennie Stager: Mr. President, we should like to have 

 the summer meeting of the society held at St. Cloud. I live 

 near St. Cloud and I would like to have you come there. I can 

 put six or seven in my house, and if we could not find places 

 for the rest I could put up tents on the lawn. There is not 

 much fruit grown there except what I grow, and I think it 

 would give our people a stimulus to grow more of it. 



On motion of Secretary Green the executive committee was 

 appointed a special committee to consider the matter of the 

 next place of meeting of the society. 



Prof. Green: I wish to say that the American Nurserymen's 

 Association holds its meeting here about the 10th of June, 



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