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weather and prolonged exemption from frosts, was ripened in full and 

 placed upon the market. In apples our state has made for itself this 

 year a record as an exporter. 



The industry of growing apples has evidently obtained a permanent 

 foothold in Minnesota, and we may confidently expect at no distant date 

 that the apples stored in our cellars will be home grown. 



FINANCIAL REPORT. 

 RECEIPTS. 



I have the honor to submit the following financial report for the year. 



Annual membership fees for 1891 $5.00 



Annual membership fees for 1892 288.00 



Annual membership fees for 1893 27.00 



Life membership fees 15 . 00 



Total $335.00 



DISBURSEMENTS , 



Postage • $125.54 



Printing, stationery etc 63.40 



Express and freight on reports etc 18.46 



Expenses to American Horticultural Society 35.35 



Library, shelves, binding, rent etc 50.32 



Photo-engravings 14 . 25 



Sundries ; 20.73 



Balance paid to treasurer 6.95 



Total $335.00 



OBITUARIES. 



The only death in our society the past year, which has come to my 

 notice, is that of Mr. Sam. Partridge, assistant secretary of the state agri- 

 cultural society. His obituary will be found in the usual place. I wish 

 to emphasize here the friendship that Mr. Partridge always showed 

 towards this society. In his special position he had frequent opportunity 

 to serve the society, and it was always his pleasure to take thoughtful 

 care of our interests. Those of us who attend the state fair will miss 

 especially the kindly words and cheerful assistance accorded by Mr. Par- 

 tridge. In his death this society has lost one of its best and most useful 

 friends. 



ORANGE JUDD. 



It is sad to record the death of Orange Judd, whose connection with the 

 agricultural press during a long period of years has made his name a 

 household word. The journal which Mr. Judd had been conducting in 

 Chicago, and which was turned over to his son, Jas. S., only a few days 

 before his sudden death, was, of all the agricultural papers within the 

 range of my acquaintance, most in sympathy with the work of the horti- 

 cultural societies of the West, and had become, to quite an extent, almost 

 their official organ. The Orange Judd Farmer has said many kindly 

 things of this society, and its members, and in the successor of Mr. Judd, 

 his son, whom many of us met at the last state fair, we may expect a con- 

 tinuation of this friendly interest in our doings and welfare. 



CONCLUSION. 



This report closes the second year of my connection with this society in 

 the existing official relation. An acquaintance of twenty-four years with 

 you led me to expect good treatment in this position, but the kindness 



