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the fruit of which lasts until May, aud is a good eating and cook- 

 ing apple. It blights some, but he thinks it can be improved. 

 On motion, the meeting j)roceeded to the election of officers for 

 the ensuing year, with the following result : 



President — A. W. Sias. 

 Vice President — H. Porter. 

 Secretary — S. W, Eaton. 

 Treasurer — M. J. Hoag. 



Executive Committee — A. W. Sias, M. J. Hoag, R. L. Cot- 

 terell. 



Mr. Eaton suggested that the executive committee talk to 

 farmers and try to persuade them to turn out at these meetings. 

 A program should be arranged, consisting of reading, discussion, 

 music, etc. He thought a good attendance could be had if it was 

 properly worked up. 



On motion the meeting adjourned, subject to the call of the 

 president. 



Mr. Dartt. I would like to take up the revision of the fruit 

 list; if we don't get to more than one apple, that is so much 

 gained. 



President Smith. Is the committee appointed at the last meet- 

 ing to revise the fruit list ready to report! 



Mr. Smith. I want to tender Mr. Cutler a vote of thanks. 

 His report is worth a hundred times more than any theory of a 

 professional fruit grower on this subject. He was a farmer, and 

 has succeeded by means of hard work; he has gone about it in a 

 proper way. I don't believe in selling men strawberry and 

 raspberry plants and fruit trees, and telling them they can grow 

 them without any attention. Raspberries need care and protec- 

 tion and if they are not taken care of they will freeze down every 

 winter. I don't believe in selling strawberry plants and telling 

 men that they are going to raise a lot of berries when I know 

 that at the end of two years they will not have any plants left. 

 Mr. Cutler has written us just exactly what is needed for the 

 people of this State, and he has told us in a plain way how he 

 handles small fruits, and for this reason I want to give his re- 

 port special mention, and I hope that the press of this State will 

 give it as wide a circulation as possible. 



Col. Stevens. The soil of McLeod County is v^ery productive 

 and adapted to raising fruits of any kind, and there is no 



