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Mr. Jayne favored the audience with a song and was re- 

 called and responded with an encore. 



Mr. Underwood: We will next hear from Mr. A. W. 

 Latham, secretary, on "Some History." (See Index.) 



Mr. Latham: I don't know whether I shall succeed in 

 making myself heard. If I don't speak loud enough you must 

 tell me so in the back end of the room. I am not very much used 

 to public speaking or reading in public. I had quite a little dif- 

 ficulty in preparing the paper I am about to read to you. It has 

 been part of my mission as secretary to tell people to make their 

 papers short, boil them down, and when I came to write one my- 

 self I found that wasn't such an easy matter. I read this over, 

 and it took me half an hour. Then I boiled it down some and read 

 it over again and then I boiled it down some more and read it 

 again. This is the dregs that are left after boiling it down 

 twice. (Laughter.) 



Mr. Latham then read his paper, interpolating that he 

 didn't remember about Mr. C. L. Smith at the time the paper was 

 written ; that Mr. Smith was still living and was with the mem- 

 bers today. Mr. Latham's paper was received with applause. 



Mr. Underwood : I don't know whether that splendid paper 

 is of as much interest to you as it is to me, but it certainly is a 

 very pleasant thing for me to listen to the mention of the 

 names that formed the working force of this society in the past 

 fifty years. We will next hear of the heroes of Minnesota horti- 

 culture, by Mr. Clarence Wedge. 



Mr. Clarence Wedge then read his address on "Heroes of 

 Minnesota Horticulture." (Applause.) (See Index.) 



Mr. Underwood: We listened this forenoon to the four 

 splendid addresses by the students of the University Farm and 

 now we have the pleasure of having with us Dean Woods, who 

 will bring to us the greetings from the University Farm. 



Professor A. F. Woods thereupon gave an address under 

 the title of "Greeting From University Farm." (Applause.) 

 (See Index.) 



Mr. Underwood : I am glad that Mrs. Philips isn't here, be- 

 cause we want to hear from Mr. A. J. Philips now on "Personal 

 Recollections." You know he says that Mrs. Philips won't let 

 him talk, but we don't believe that. Mr. Philips, we will be 

 glad to hear from you. 



Mr. A. J. Philips read his paper on "Personal Recollections," 

 eliciting laughter and applause from the audience. (See Index.) 



Mr. Underwood : We will now listen to Mrs. Jennie Stager, 

 of Sauk Rapids, on "The Ladies of the Society." 



The subject of "The Ladies of the Society" was interest- 

 ingly dealt with by Mrs. Jennie Stager. (Applause.) 



Mr. Underwood: I will next call on Professor C. B. Wal- 

 dron, of the Agricultural College of North Dakota, to deliver 

 his address. 



