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therefore, a station in each of these districts would prove a great 

 blessing. 



Carpenter— I agree with Mr. Brown in regard to the location,, 

 and would say further that we have plenty of private individuals in 

 eastern and southeastern Nebraska who are experimenting on a large 

 scale. On our own grounds we are testing 300 to 600 varieties of 

 new fruits yearly. We have all the Russian cherries and a great 

 many of the Russian plums, and undoubtedly some of them will 

 prove acquisitions worthy of general cultivation. I notice amongst 

 the Russians a sweet cherry that stands our winters admirably — some- 

 thing that none of our common sweet cherries do, and if it proves of 

 good bearing qualities is bound to be a success. 



Reed — I think that we should take right hold of this and get 

 stations started as soon as possible. 



Day — The Hatch bill gives each state $15,000 to bear the expenses 

 of experiment stations, but it seems strange that eastern states should 

 get as much as we, when they have so many tested varieties of every- 

 thing, and here agriculture is comparatively new. 



Carpenter — Day overlooks the fact that there is policy in some 

 things, and this bill is one of them ; in order to give us some money 

 for experimental work they had to give the eastern states some too. 

 But the Hatch bill is not for horticulture alone, and I don't think we 

 should pull too hard until we get fairly started. 



Stephens — Professor Bessey has a subject to present that will in- 

 terest all of us and I would like to hear from him. 



Bessey — I asked Day if it would be a good plan to join the horti- 

 cultural experiment stations to the state experiment station and he 

 thought it would. The regents think it a good plan to have sub-sta- 

 tions and we can attach these horticultural stations as such. Now if 

 you can do this work for $500 per year, and if you were to present 

 your plans to the regents, I think they would accept. We can't get 

 anyone to do anything for us without big pay. If you iiave good 

 men who can take charge of such work I think there will be no 

 trouble to establish the sub-stations. You furnish the men and we 

 will furnish the money. You, as members of the society, can desig- 

 nate lines of work we could not. 



Stephens — Have we a committee ? 



President — Y< dingers, Stephens, and Taylor were the committee 



