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Whereas, We have also examined the plans submitted by the Board 

 of Management of the Horticultural Division of the Worlds' Fair at Chi- 

 cago and consider them to be unsuited to making a satisfactory state ex- 

 hibition, and 



Whereas, The space laid out according to the plans of A.W. Latham, 

 superintendent of our state horticultural exhibit vi^as duly and regularly 

 assigned to us through him by Mr. J. M. Samuels, superintendent in 

 charge of the horticultural building, therefore 



Resolved, That we heartily disapprove the proposed changes, and insist 

 upon retaining the space allotted to us by Mr. Samuels. 



President Underwood then called the attention of the society 

 to a promise exacted of him at the last meeting of the society, 

 held in Owatonna, to furnish a receipt for making an old-fash- 

 ioned pumpkin pie. He remarked that with the assistance of 

 Mrs. Underwood he would not only furnish the receipt but pro- 

 duce the genuine article itself, which he did. and for half an 

 hour the society enjoyed an informal lunch, one and all be- 

 ing unanimous in the opinion that Mr. Underwood's receipt 

 was an unusually good one. 



President Underwood then called the meeting to order again 

 and the following resolution was offered: 



"Whereas, It has gone on record that it appears to be the sentiment of 

 this society that robins are an enemy to the fruit growers, and whereas it 

 also appears that the shot-gun policy is the best policy for protection. 



Therefore, Resolved, that it is the sentiment of this society that birds of 

 all kinds are the friends of horticulturists and should be fostered." 



The resolution was amended by inserting the following words 

 in the resolution: "all birds now protected by the laws of this 

 state" and the following words, "that we recommend the pro- 

 tection of fruit by netting and scarecrows, etc." 



Motion unanimously carried. 



J. O. Barrett of Brown's Valley then submitted his pa- 

 per on "Forestry at the World's Pair" {see index), which was 

 followed by Mr. Joshua Allyn with his paper, "Vegetables 

 at the World's Pair." {See index.) 



At this point Mr. M. A. Thayer, president of the Wisconsin 

 State Horticultural Society, tendered an invitation to the mem- 

 bers of the society to attend the meetings of the Wisconsin so- 

 ciety whenever possible, and also to call on him at his fruit 

 farm at Sparta. He also thanked them for the courtesy with 

 which he had been entertained while present, and offered to 

 send to any member of the society his little pamphlet on grow- 

 ing berries. 



President Underwood replied, stating that all the members 

 of the society certainly felt under great obligations to Mr. 

 Thayer for all he had done in behalf of the Minnesota State 

 Horticultural Society, and expressing the hope that he would 



