REPORT OF ANNUAL MEETING. 23 



THIRD DAY— MORNING SESSION. 



Thursday, January 16, 1890. 



Called to order by President Taylor. 



Call for report of District Directors. 



No. 1 — Southeastern District, Samuel Barnard, Director. No 

 written report. 



No. 2 — Northeastern District, R. N. Day, Director. Read report. 



Nos. 3 and 4 — Central and Southwestern Districts, were not repre- 

 sented. 



No. 5 — Northwestern District, W. F. Jenkins, Director. Read 

 report. 



Election of District Directors resulted as follows : 



No. 1, S. E.— J. M. Russell Wymore. 



No. 2, N. E.— R. N. Day Tekainah. 



No. 3, Central — John A. Hogg Shelton. 



No. 4, S. W.— Geo. W. Hagan Guide Rock 



No. 5, N. W. — W. F. Jenkins Arcadia. 



No. 6, W.— E. Schroeder Logan. 



W. R. Harris was not prepared with a paper, but spoke at eonie 

 length on " Planting and Cultivation of Evergreens." 



" Forest Trees for the Plains/' a paper by Jas. A. Gage ; was then 

 read and discussed, after which the President read a clipping from a 

 Baraboo, Wis., paper, the burden of which was condemnation of 

 the timber culture laws. 



Mr. Stephens had a paper prepared fully rebutting the arguments 

 set forth in said clipping, and on request read the same to the Society. 



Resolutions asking our representatives in congress to vote and 

 Avork against the repeal of the timber culture laws were then read, 

 and it was moved by Youngers to adopt. 



Masters moved to amend by adding Stephens' paper. Amendment 

 carried. 



Day moved to amend by furnishing copy to all papers that would 

 publish it ; this carried. 



Hartley moved we instruct the Secretary to send copy to all agri- 

 cultural papers. Carried. 



