STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



OUR ANNUAL TRANSACTIONS. 



Your secretary has frequently called attention to the impor- 

 tance of having our transactions available during the winter 

 when it is most needed, and when it is of the most value to 

 the farmers. This year the first copies were distributed at our 

 orchard meeting, Aug. 31st. It has been the custom to print 

 the agricultural report last of all and it seems unfortunate to 

 have this delay when the information it contains is inquired 

 for over and over again. The winter affords the best oppor- 

 tunity for reading and studying the contents so that when the 

 springtime comes, its recommendations may be adopted. Think 

 of it! Most of the matter contained in our report was pre- 

 sented at our meeting last November, and it was not available 

 for the farmers until the last of August. It isn't a quarrel 

 with the State printers, it is simply asking the authorities to 

 furnish this volume of valuable information when it is most 

 reeded and when its information will be the most valuable. 



In closing I wish again to call attention to the cordial rela- 

 tions existing between the society and other agricultural organ- 

 izations in the State. This is as it should be, for there is only 

 the greatest progress when there is harmonious action all along 

 the line. 



D. H. KNOWLTON, 



Secretary. 



