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within an hour's ride of the land on which they are to be 

 planted. These facts led the writer to present this subject 

 at the winter meeting, in the hope that many young men — 

 for there is room for considerable competition in the business 



— might become interested in the work which, with its many 

 trials, has a great fascination for the true lover of horticult- 

 ure, and might prove a source of large profit and of great 

 benefit to the fruit growers of the State. 



To further this interest, the Agricultural College now 

 offers an elective course of study in nursery work to the 

 members of the senior class, and a short winter course is 

 to be open to young and old the coming winter, where any 

 one who wishes may take up the study of any line of horti- 

 culture, including special work in nursery and orcharding. 

 With an equipment of the largest collection of varieties of 

 fruit to be found connected with any agricultural college in 

 the country ; all of the labor-saving implements for cultiva- 

 tion, pruning, spraying, etc. ; a nursery in which are found 

 all kinds of fruits and ornamental trees and shrubs ; and 

 with no tuition, only the expense of ])oard and incidentals, 



— no young man, who has time and is interested in any line 

 of agriculture or horticulture, can afford to let another season 

 pass by without taking advantage of this offer of a free 

 education that shall tit him for some line of the most inter- 

 esting and healthful, and, when conducted in a business-like 

 way, profitable, calling. 



At this, the first annual meeting, forty-seven new names 

 were added to the membership. The meeting was declared 

 adjourned, subject to call for a fiield meeting in June, at 

 some place to be decided upon in the near future. 



