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You all know who the professor is, he has been with us the last 

 twenty years. (Applause.) 



Prof. Hansen : I am not a delegate ; I think we have a del- 

 egate here. The main thing I can report is, we are building up 

 a horticulture out our way, putting in shelter belts and ever- 

 greens. We have a good future ; we are on the frontier, and we 

 expect that horticulture will be one of the great industries of 

 the state. (Applause.) 



The President: I find that Mr. F. A. Hassold, president 

 of the South Dakota Horticultural Society, is here or supposed 

 to be here. If he is we will be pleased to have him come for- 

 ward. He will probably arrive later. I find that Mr. N. A. Ras- 

 mussen, President of the Wisconsin Horticultural Society is 

 here, and we will ask him to say a word. (Applause.) 



Mr. Rasmussen : I was with you here last year, and I don't 

 know what would have kept me away this time unless it was 

 that I visited so much with your secretary last week in Wash- 

 ington, but when I thought that over I was more anxious to 

 come than ever. I wanted to tell you at least one thing, and 

 that was to tell you how well your secretary behaved there and 

 looked after us younger boys. 



Mr. Latham: It was a hard job. 



Mr. Rasmussen: I thought he wouldn't say anything, but I 

 assure you that I am pleased to be with you and as president of 

 the Wisconsin society I will lay stress on what Mr. Bingham 

 has said. I would be pleased to have as many of you as can 

 be with us in Wisconsin, and we will try to take as good care 

 of you as your secretary took of us in Washington. You know 

 how well it was. (Applause.) 



The President: Mr. G. D. Black, delegate of the North- 

 east Iowa Horticultural Society. Ladies and gentlemen, this is 

 Mr. Black, of Independence, Iowa. (Applause.) 



Mr. Black : I am very glad to meet with you. I have been 

 here a few times to attend the Minnesota meetings, but in our 

 state, in Iowa, I haven't missed a state meeting or northeastern 

 Iowa meeting since I became a horticulturist, since I joined the 

 society, which is a good many years ago. I have also been a 

 member of this society and the Wisconsin society for a good 

 many years in order to get the reports. I assure you that I 

 anticipate great pleasure during the few days I will be here 

 with you. I may say now that since I was appointed a delegate 

 from the Northeastern Iowa Horticultural Society, I have be- 

 come a resident of Albert Lea, so you can claim me, if you 

 wish, as your very own. I don't wish to sever my connection with 

 Iowa, because Iowa and Minnesota are very close together, and 

 in our meetings in Iowa we have a great many from Minnesota. 

 I am very thankful to be with you. (Applause.) 



The President: Very glad indeed that Mr. Black has 

 chosen our splendid state as his abiding place. Iowa is a great 

 state and has a great future, but we find that the best of them 



