420 ANNUAL REPORT. 



A NEW NAME ADOPTED. 



Mr. Grimes made a report of his investivatiou in the matter 

 of the incorporation of the society. The articles of incorporation 

 will be filed immediately. 



The action of the association at the last meeting, changing the 

 name, was reconsidered, and, after considerable debate, the name 

 of Hennepin County Horticultural Society and Gardeners Asso- 

 ciation was determined upon. 



MEETING OF MARCH 28, 1885. 



Minneapolis Tribune, April 2d. 



Commercial Fertilizers and their Advantages — Articles of Incoi-po- 

 ration Signed — The Meetings Adjourned until June. 



The fourteenth regular weekly meeting of the Hennepin County 

 Horticultural Society and Gardeners Association was held at 

 Market Hall on Saturday afternoon, March 28th. 



President Pearce announced the subject for discussion to be 

 ^'Fertilizers." He said: We have never given that attention 

 to fertilizers that it is to our interest to give. There are many 

 persons who do not understand the advantages of fertilizers, and 

 the fact is that for a half or a quarter of the expense they are 

 now put to they can raise double the amount they do. We 

 want an expression from all on this subject. If anyone here has 

 had any experience in this matter we want to know the result of 

 that experience. If it is possible for only a half or a quarter of 

 the expense to bring about the same results it is to our interest 

 to know it and put it into practice. 



Mr. Braslan. I agree perfectly with Mr. Pearce when he says 

 the society should be free in its opinion. In this country, 

 which is growing so rapidly, there is a subject which should 

 interest every farmer, and that is the subject of fertilizers. In 

 New England farming cannot be carried on successfully without 

 the aid of fertilizers. There are farmers here who haul manure 

 from great distances to fertilize their land. The expense of that 

 fertilizer is greater than that of any brand of fertilizer manufac- 



