260 ANNUAL REPORT. 



Mr. Harris moved that for the present year, commencing with 

 the close of the present meeting, the salary of the president of the 

 society be twenty-five dollars; that of the secretary four hundred 

 dollars; that of the treasurer twenty-five dollars, and of the libra- 

 rian ten dollars. 



The motion was adopted. 



Mr. Dartt said he hoped the secretary would abridge the re- 

 port as far as was consistent to do so. 



Mr. Harris said the secretary should act in harmony, of course, 

 with the other officers. 



Mr. Hillman suggested that it was desirable to have a com- 

 mittee upon publication to assist in arranging the subject matter 

 of publication in the forthcoming report of the society. 



Mr. Dartt then moved that President Smith, Wyman Elliot 

 and C. L. Smith be constituted a committee on publication and 

 be requested to abridge the report so far as possible, without 

 injury to the value of the same. The motion was adopted. 



The meeting then adjourned till morning at 9 o'clock. 



MOENING SESSION. 

 Fourth Day— Friday, January 23, 1885. 



The meeting was called to order by President Smith. 



A resolution was adopted appointing the following persons a 

 committee to district the State and report at the next annual 

 meeting, to-wit : 



Messrs. J. S. Harris, Wyman Elliot and E. H. S. Dartt. 



LIBEAEIAN'S EEPOET. 



The librarian then presented his report : 



The College of Agriculture, \ 

 University of Minnesota, Jan. 20, 1885. J 



Mr. 0. Cribbs, J>\, Lake City, 



Dear Sir : The following report is an account of the reports 

 on hand at present : 1866-73, cloth 230; 1874, paper 437; 1875, 

 paper 233; 1876, paper 1,050; 1877, paper 361 and 15 in cloth; 



