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about the same as those under which we ourselves grow them. As 

 Canadians we want to be loyal and not go back on our own country, 

 but we can do more good to our Society and ourselves by getting the 

 benefit of their experience, and I think we ought to affiliate with 

 the Minnesota Society if we can. 



MR. WAUGH. I am pretty familiar with some of the fruit growers 

 in Southern Minnesota. They are very successful men and have spent 

 a lot of time and work to good purpose. One man was authorized by 

 the State to spend $1000 to aid experiments in growing apples. I think 

 he went out at elbows at 120 different points 'but he produced the 

 apples. Now their climate is not at all like ours. We think their ex- 

 perience is exactly what we want, but their experience must be taken 

 with a certain degree of reservation though they have been successful 

 and I, for one, would have no objection to affilialion but would rather 

 agree with the proposal. 



MR. A. P. STEVENSON. I am perfectly in accord with what has 

 been said in regard to affiliation with the Minnesota Society in prefer- 

 ence to any other organization outside of the Brandon Society. As to 

 the societies in Ontario they have nothing whatever in common with 

 us in regard to flowers and fruit especially. I consider it would be a 

 loss of money to affiliate with Ontario. For the last eight or nine years 

 I have been a member of the Minnesota Society. There is a great deal 

 in what Mr. Waugh says and while in Southern Minnesota, apples, 

 grapes and other things do well, in Northern Minnesota they do not 

 have such good success. While there are a great many things we can 

 get advantage of by affiliating with the Minnesota Society we should 

 be careful and not accept everything as if we could reproduce the like 

 here. 



Moved by Mr. Whellams, seconded by Mr. Waugh, that this Society 

 affiliate with the Minnesota Horticultural Society on the terms propos- 

 ed by Mr. L/atham, it being understood that anyone who is now a 

 member of the Manitoba Horticultural Society may be received as a 

 member of the Minnesota Society on payment of an additional fifty 

 cents per annum.* 



MR. BEDFORD. It would be well to present our views to the Bran- 

 don Society as regards steps to affiliation with them and get their 

 views on this proposition. 



*On further correspondence with Mr. Latham it appeared that his letter had been 

 misunderstood, and that in accordance with the constitution of the Minnesota Society 

 the Manitoba Society could not be admitted to affiliation with the Minnesota Society, 

 except on payment of fifty cents for every one of its members. The Executive Com- 

 mittee therefore gave up the idea of affiliation with the Minnesota Society, and 

 resolved to be content with a policy of friendly co-operation. 



