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Members, delegates and visitors reaching the city previous to the open- 

 ing of the aieeting are invited to call at the library, Room 2, No. 427 Nic- 

 ollet avenue, which is the headquarters of the committee on reception, 

 Col. J. H. Stevens, Wyman Elliot and Prof. S. B. Green. The address of 

 the chairman of the committee on entertainment is C. L. Smith, editor 

 Farmers Tribune, Minneapolis. 



Papers publishing this program, or calling attention to this meeting 

 and sending the secretary a mariied copy of the paper containing the no- 

 tice will receive, when published, a bound copy of the proceedings. 



J. M. UNDERWOOD, President, 

 A. W. LATHAM, Secretary, Excelsior. Lake City. 



PROGRAM. 



Tuesday Morning Session, 10 o'clock. General Subject, Small Fruits. 

 Prayer. Opening remarks by the president. Appointment of committee 

 on credentials. 



Report of committee on small fruits — M. Pearce, Chowen; L. H. Wil- 

 cox, Hastings; J. A. Sampson, Excelsior; Mrs. A. A. Kennedy, Hutchin- 

 son; M. Cutler, Sumter. 



Small Fruits— J. A. Sampson, Excelsior. 



Improvements in Growing Strawberries — L. H. Wilcox, Hastings. 



Tuesday Afternoon Session, 2 o'clock. General Subject, Small Fruits 

 and Grapes. 



Small Fruit Culture for the Farmers— C. L. Smith, Ed. Farmers Tribune, 

 Minneapolis. 



Horticulture for the Children — M. A. Thayer, President Wis. State Hort. 

 Society, Sparta, Wis. 



Fruit in the Red River Valley— E. W. Hazeltine, Grand Forks, N. D. 



Horticulture in the Farmers' Institute— O. C. Gregg, Superintendent 

 Farmers' Institute, Minneapolis. 



3 o'clock. Report of committee on grapes— Daniel Buck, Mankato; A. 

 H. Brackett, Minneapolis; E. J. Cutts, Howard, 



A Woman's Experience in Vine Culture— Mrs. Sophronia Irwin, Excel- 

 sior. 



Vine Growing in Wright County — E. J. Cutts, Howard Lake. 



Tuesday Evening Session, 7:30 o'clock. Music. 



Address of welcome — W. H. Eustis, Mayor of Minneapolis. 



Response to address of welcome— Alfred Terry, Slayton. 



President's annual address— J. M. Underwood, Lake City. 



Music — 



Annual report of secretary — A. W. Latham, Excelsior. 



Annual repurt of treasurer — Ditus Day, Farmington. 



Annual report of librarian — A. W. Latham, Excelsior. 



What we know of the Effects of Electricity on Plant Growth — Prof. S. 

 B. Green, St. Anthony Park. 



Report of committee on legislation — J. H. Stevens, Minneapolis; 

 Wyman Elliot, Minneapolis; F. G. Gould, Excelsior. 



Appointment of committees on fruit list, award of premiums, sugges- 

 tions for the good of the society, summer meeting, president's address, 

 obituaries and final resolutions. 



