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Mr. Tiittle. Mr. President, I understand that Mr. Jordan is 

 engaged in orange growing in Florida. I was in Chicago a vshort 

 time ago and I met a gentleman who stated to me that this orange 

 business was being overdone. He spoke of Mr. Jordan, and said 

 he would not be surprised to find that his orchard at Rochester, 

 Minnesota, was much more profitable than his oranges in Florida. 

 Oranges very little more than pay the freight to Chicago; they 

 are sold very cheap and are very plentiful in the markets. 



Mr. Harris. I wish to submit a short appendix to the report 

 I made yesterday. I marketed about six tons of grapes from 

 my vineyard last season. I expect to have three acres in bear- 

 ing next year, and intend to keep on increasing the area until I 

 have five acres planted. 



President Smith. Mr. Norquist, of Red Wing, marketed over 

 three tons. 



Mr. Harris. I might say here that the graj^e crop of Minne- 

 sota was about 300,000 pounds; and I think over half that quan- 

 tity was raised in Houston County. 



On motion of Mr. Harris, the librarian was directed to fur- 

 nish one hundred copies of reports for 1884 to the secretary of 

 the State Agricultural Society. 



Mr. Whipple stated that he would like to mention what a new 

 member had accomplished in grape raising the past year — Mr. 

 J. J. Cale. He has six acres set in grapes, from which he raised 

 1,200 pounds of grapes. 



The report of the committee on constitution and by-laws be- 

 ing called for, Mr. Underwood presented the report, which was 

 read. 



Mr. Underwood stated that the committee had looked up the 

 old constitutions and such by-laws as they could find, and out of 

 the whole had brought together such as was valuable and made 

 such additions as seemed desirable. 



The report was received, and, on motion, the proposed articles 

 taken up and adopted seriatim. 



Mr. Dartt stated that he desired to make some objections to 

 the constitution as a whole. I have the Iowa plan in my head, 

 and expect it will stay with me. I don't want it to crop out often 

 enough to annoy you, but still I believe it is right; hence, on 

 every suitable occasion I feel like defending it. I raise the ob- 

 jection to the whole thing because it is not "Iowa." I will read 

 the Iowa constitution first if you do not object. (Mr. Dartt then 

 read the constitution of Iowa, and continuing, said:) K'ow, the 



