STATE PO-MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 23 



response by D. H. Knowlton, Fannington ; annual address by 

 Pres. Z. A. Gilbert, North Greene. 



■ Wednesday Afternoox — Practical Results of Fruit Storage 

 by the Grower, John W. Clark, North Hadley, Mass. ; How to 

 Handle the Apple for Cold Storage, G. Harold Powell, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



Wednesday Evening — Civic Improvement — What Has Been 

 Done in Other States, Mrs. Emma Dow Armstrong, President 

 Maine Federation Women's Clubs, Lewiston ; Civic Improve- 

 ment Locally, Geo. H. Clarke, Auburn; Home Decorations, 

 Prof. L. C. Corbett, Washington, D. C. Music for this session 

 furnished by Mr. Jordan and ladies of Auburn. 



Thursday Morning — Annual Meeting; report of treasurer; 

 report of secretary ; report of special committee on sweepstakes 

 prize. Dr. G. M. Twitchell, Mrs. V. P. DeCoster, Mrs. Lucy A. 

 Chandler, referred from last annual meeting; amendment to 

 Sect. I, Art. II, of by-laws; election of officers; miscellaneous 

 business. 



Thursday Afternoon — Orchard Fertility : Results from Use 

 of Chemical Fertilizers, S. H. Dawes, Harrison, C. S. Phinny, 

 Standish ; Results from Barn Manures, V. P. DeCoster, Buck- 

 field; Results from Tillage and Cover Crops, Prof. W. M. 

 Munson, Orono ; Fruit Packages : The Barrel and the Box, D. 

 H. Knowlton ; Other Packages, R. H. Libbey, Newport. 



Thursday Evening — Poem, Miss Julia H. May, Auburn; 

 Chrysanthemums, Abel F. Stevens, Wellesley, Mass. ; Among 

 Fruits and Flow^ers, Prof. A. L. Lane, East Fairfield. Music 

 for the evening furnished by the Lotus Quartette. 



The chairman of the committee on a Sweepstakes Prize 

 offered the following report: 



Your committee to whom was referred the subject of an 

 appropriate recognition for those winning the sweepstake prizes, 

 has attended to its duties and presents the following report. 



We believe that the time has arrived when this society may 

 well recognize the efiforts of individual grow'ers in making exten- 

 sive exhibits of many varieties and of such excellence and would 

 recommend that in addition to the money prize awarded, this " 



