PROCEEDINGS 



KENTUCKY STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Kentucky State Horticultural Society assembled in the 

 lecture room of the Experiment Station, Lexington, Ky., at 9:30 

 a. m., January 7, 1915, -with an excellent attendance, which was 

 continued throughout both the morning and afternoon sessions. The 

 morning session opened with an address by the President, Dr. Fred 

 Mutehler, as follows: 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS 



Dr. Fred Mutehler, Lexington, Ky. 



There is an increasing interest in horticultural work in Ken- 

 tucky that is encouraging. There is an interest which is shown in 

 the exhibit that we have in our cramped quarters here that is cer- 

 tainly encouraging to people interested in horticulture. The secre- 

 tary tells me that if any sort of effort could have been made, we 

 should have had a fairly large exhibit this year. It was not indis- 

 position on the part of the people that this effort was not made, but 

 simply the fact that our facilities for storing and putting up an 

 exhibit of this sort are so limited and cramped that we could not 

 handle a more extensive exhibit. 



A few weeks ago I visited the Horticultural Society of the state 

 of Illinois. We hear a great deal of that organization. There were 

 present during the two or three days of that meeting about 100 

 people as an average attendance. The exhibit that they had there 

 was about five times as large as this one is, and with sufficient room, 

 I think we would have no difficulty in making a presentation of the 

 work of the state of Kentucky in horticulture that would compare 

 very favorably with that of the state of Illinois. It is encouraging 

 to the farmer to see the interest that scientific people are taking in 

 horticultural problems for the purpose of helping him. It is en- 

 couraging to the scientist who is interested in the development of 

 this problem in the state of Kentucky to see the interest that is man- 

 ifested on the part of the general farmer in this work. 



Being in close connection with extension work in the state, it 

 will be of interest to you to know that there are probably as many 

 inquiries concerning the treatment and handling of a home orchard 



