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Besolvecl, That we invite the state horticultural societies of Minnesota, 

 Wisconsin and Iowa to join in the perfection of plans tending to bring 

 order out of chaos now existing, and which must necessarily continue and 

 increase with the advent of new varieties. 



The officers and members of the Dakota society feel grateful to our 

 society for our annual reports. Their society receiving no aid from the 

 state have, heretofore, published none of their proceedings. "The Dakota 

 Farmer,'' however, this year (issue of January, 1893) published in a special 

 horticultural number their entire proceedings. 



The following officers were elected for 1893: 



H. C. Warner, president, Forestburg, 



D. Hinman, 1st vice president, Yankton. 

 Chris. Thompson, 2nd vice president, Rapid City. 



E. D. Cowles, secretary, Vermillion. 

 T. L. McCrea, treasurer. Tyndall. 



DIRECTORS, 



Chris. Thompson, 1st district* 

 Hon. Geo. B. Daly, 2d district. 

 Cnl. A. B. Smedlej% 3rd district. 

 George C. Jones, 4th district. 

 A. IsTorby, 5th district. 

 J. J. Schumacher, 6th district. 

 George H. Whiting, 7th district. ^ 

 Mr. Jones, 8th district. 

 J. M. Miles, 9th district. 



The next annual meeting is fixed for the third Tuesday in December at 

 Vermillion, S. D. 



REPORT OF THE DELEGATE TO THE SUMMER MEETING OF 



THE WISCONSIN STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY HELD 



AT BARABOO, IVIS., JUNE 29, AND 30, 1892. 



J, S. HARRIS. LA CRESCENT. 



Mr. President: 



It has been my privilege to attend a considerable number of the meet- 

 ings of our neighbor, the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. The 

 meetings have always been good and instructive, and we have always been 

 most cordially received and royally entertained. We believe, too, that our 

 meetings with these Wisconsin friends have been of benefit to our own 

 state and society, and that our intercourse with the old veterans of Wis- 

 consin has given us opportunities to do more and better work for our 

 own state. The trials they have to encounter and the obstacles to over- 

 come are similar to ours in kind, but not quite as great in degree, be- 

 cause their state is older than ours, and one-third of it better situated 

 than ours for the successful cultivation of the tree fruits, on account of 

 the influence of that large body of water, Lake Michigan, upon the climate. 



As you are, probably, aware, their winter meetings are usually held at 

 the capital, and are made, partly, joint meetings with the State Agricult- 

 ural Society; while the summer meetings are held at different points in 

 the state, where it is thought the most good may be done. With each 

 year the interest in these summer meetings has grown, until they have 

 really become the best and most important gatherings of the society. 

 Baraboo, being Situated in the center of one of the best fruit districts of 

 the state, was a very favorable place for holding this meeting, and success 



