While it is not the intention to publish anything in this magazine that 

 is misleading or unreliable, yet it must be remembered that the articles 

 published herein recite the experience and opinions of their writers, and this 

 fact must always be noted in estimating their practical value. 



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Vol. 45 JULY, 1917 No. 7 



IN MEMORIAM— SETH H. KENNEY 



SETH H. KENNEY PASSED MAY 24, 1917, AGED 81 YEARS. 



This veteran of Minnesota horticulture ended his days on 

 the farm in Morristown which he took up as a claim about the 

 year 1866. Mr. J. 0. Weld, now living at Mound, Minn., a close 

 personal friend of Mr. Kenney from boyhood days, came to this 

 state the same year and has maintained intimate relations with 

 Mr. Kenney since that time, and the facts herein given are in 

 part the personal recollections of Mr. Weld. 



The place of birth of Mr. Kenney was Colrain, Mass., and 

 the date February 22, 1836. The writer had a personal acquain- 

 tance with Mr. Kenney going back to a time prior to 1880. The 

 records of the society show that his first service to the association 

 was at the winter meeting of 1873, where he presented a report, 

 reciting his experience in growing an orchard and fruit garden 

 on his claim at Morristown. In 1876 he contributed to the pro- 

 gram a paper on "Strawberry Culture," and the following year 

 one on "Cranberry Culture." These contributions can be found 

 in our published reports in the years stated. 



During the earlier years of Mr. Kenney's connection with 

 this society he was better known as the grower and producer of 

 an improved variety of sorghum, called amber cane. He estab- 

 lished this industry in our state and promoted it to a very large 

 extent somewhere about the year 1877. He succeeded in organ- 

 izing an Amber Cane Association which, as I recall, held annual 



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