600 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Professor C. B. Waldron read a paper on "The Minnesota 

 Society and the Northwest." (Applause.) (See Index.) 



Mr. Underwood: I think you will be pleased to hear from 

 Mr. C. L. Smith, who is not on the program, but we are very 

 glad to put him on the program because he is one of the char- 

 ter members of this society and the only one living, and I would 

 like to have Mr. Smith speak to you for a short time now. 

 (Applause.) (See Index.) 



Mr. Underwood: It gives me great pleasure and I know 

 it does you to have me call on Mr. C. S. Harrison, of York, 

 Nebraska, who will speak to us on "Looking Ahead." 



Mr. C. S. Harrison then read a paper on the subject of 

 "Looking Ahead." (Applause.) (See Index.) 



Mr. Underwood : Our concluding number on this pro- 

 gram will be a lantern slide talk, "Veterans of Minnesota Horti- 

 culture," slides prepared by Professor LeRoy Cady. 



A running talk was made by Secretary Latham, inter- 

 spersed with remarks by the members as the faces of the 

 veterans of the society were thrown upon the screen. 



Friday Morning Session. 



The "Question and Answer" half hour was devoted to the 

 general subject of "Birds a Factor in Horticulture," and was 

 led by Mr. R. E. Olmstead, of Excelsior. (See Index.) 



The President: We will discuss a very important ques- 

 tion at this time. We are going to take up a staple food which 

 some people are keeping in their vaults, and are so high in price 

 that the average man can scarcely taste them, and that is the 

 potato. Potato selection by a man that knows, P. E. Clement, 

 of Moorhead. 



Mr. P. E. Clement then read a paner on the subject of 

 "Potato Selection." (See Index.) 



Discussion : 



The President: The next number will be an address by 

 Mr. Brierly on "Vinegar." He doesn't seem to be present just 

 now. 



Mr. Underwood : While we are waiting I want to empha- 

 size the importance of good preparation of seed. The last 

 speaker spoke about cleaning wheat. We are very particular 

 about cleaning our wheat, we do not grow very much wheat, 

 but this year our wheat yielded a little over twenty-six bushels 

 to the acre, and I didn't hear of anybody around in the country 

 on the farms that had over five or six or ten bushels to the 

 acre, at most. We are very particular to clean our seed the 

 very best we can and only sow the best of seed. The same 

 with corn. So it pays to do your work well. 



Mr. Clement: In regard to the cleaning; the result de- 

 pends upon what has been done before up there in potatoes. 

 We didn't get as good an average yield this past year. In 



