STATE HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 213 



UNION FAIE GROUNDS. 



President Smith here called attention to the fact that there were 

 present representatives of the Minneapolis Board of Trade and 

 of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, to consider the proposi- 

 tion for Union Fair Grounds, etc., between the two cities. 



Remarks were made by Hon. C. M. Loring and Hon. Wm. S. 

 King, in behalf of the proposition of locating a park and fair 

 grounds at or near Minnehaha. Capt. Russell Blakeley and 

 D. W. Ingersoll spoke of the proposition to locate grounds for a 

 fair and other purposes near the Union Stock Yards. It was 

 not deemed advisable to take any action whatever in the matter; 

 and the president stated, at the conclusion of the remarks, that 

 the regular order of business would now be proceeded with. 



Mr. Elliot moved that a committee be appointed to wait upon 

 members of the legislature in session in the capital building, 

 and invite them to view the exhibit of the Society. 



Mr, Dartt objected to taking up time with outside matters 

 which should be devoted to the regular order of business. 



President Smith stated that the legislature had given the so- 

 ciety a liberal approj)riation, and it was expected that further 

 appropriations would be asked for; and it was proper that the 

 members of the legislature have an opportunity to see what the 

 society is doing, and what it proposes to do. The motion was 

 carried. 



The chair appointed as the members of the proposed commit 

 tee Messrs. Capt. Blakeley and Col. J. H. Stevens. 



Mr. Dartt said that while the committee were performing the 

 duty assigned them he would like to read a short article taken 

 from the New York Tribune: ''This is the time of the year when 

 farmers' societies meet. Members go long distances to attend 

 the meeting, leaving their work and exiDcnding hard-earned 

 money to what end? To get the benefit of the experience of 

 others and communicate their own. Each member has been 

 working for a season in a different locality. If he stays at home 

 he does not profit from the counsel of others, and others lose the 

 results of experiments. I regard the discussions in which the 

 members take part as the most valuable part of such meetings. 

 More than half the papers might, with profit, be left unread. 

 Many of them are of great value; but usually a member will con- 

 sume half an hour or an hour when he should occupy less than 

 five minutes; and his remarks would be far more convincing if 



