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These questions will be opened by short papers or talks 
by such practical men as Harlan P. Kelsey, J. M. Pitkin, 
F. H. Stannard, Abner Hoopes, T. J. Smith, W. H. 
Maloney, C. J. Maloy, E. W. Kirkpatrick, H. C. Chase, 
E. S. Welch, Wm. Pitkin, T. B. Meehan and others. Every 
member should go prepared to participate in the discussions. 
ENTERTAINMENT 
The chairman of the entertainment committee, Mr. 
Frank Weber, is well known for his resources and ability 
in this line. He has made tentative arrangements which, 
if carried out, will more than occupy in a very agreeable 
manner the time which the members can devote to pleasure 
and recreation. Mr. Weber says: 
“I have just forwarded to Mr. John Hall a preliminary 
program as outlined, which of course should be accepted 
with a large BUT, as this entertainment cannot be carried 
out to the letter unless the funds derived from the letter I 
am going to send to all of the members are sufficient to 
carry it through. 
To give a boat ride on the Mississippi RiveF’with a 
dinner on board would run us in the neighborhood of 
$1,000, but it would be a fine trip, and I feel assured it 
would be appreciated by all. I am giving you the program 
as outlined, and if you have not already received it from 
Secretary Hall you can use this.” 
He also points out that it will be necessary to secure 
responses from his circular letter early enough to make 
final arrangements for the various features of the program. 
This is very important, and members should co-operate 
with Chairman Weber in every way possible, so that this 
part of the program may be run off without any hitch. 
Mr. Weber’s letter to the members of the Association is as 
follows: 
' Nursery, Mo.,- 1911. 
To the Members of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men : 
As our worthy President has seen fit to appoint your 
humble servant Chairman of the “Entertainment Com¬ 
mittee” for our coming St. Louis Convention, it has given 
me no little worry as to what to provide in the way of 
suitable entertainment for the members, and especially 
for the ladies, during convention week. 
We still have a nice little “Nest Egg” left over from our 
Denver Convention Entertainment Fund, (subscribed by 
the western nurserymen), which has been voted for the use 
of our 1911 Convention. Yet this will not be sufficient to 
provide for suitable entertainment for this year’s Conven¬ 
tion, and it has been suggested that the Chairman solicit 
additional funds from favorably inclined members. 
The entertainment will not be as elaborate as it was at 
the Denver Convention, it being deemed advisable by 
many members to curtail the Entertainment features 
somewhat—but provide for the ladies in good measure and 
a few good things for the men. So, with these instructions, 
I have decided to arrange the entertainment about as 
follows: 
First afternoon: A visit to the Missouri Botanical 
Gardens—for members and ladies. The evening will be 
reserved- for Protective Association Meetings or other 
business of the Association. 
Second Afternoon and Evening: Seeing St. Louis 
either in special cars or automobiles, taking in residence 
sections, parks. Ladies Theatre Party, at one of our popular 
Summer Gardens. 
Third Afternoon: A Boat Ride on the beautiful 
Mississippi River, with Music, Luncheon, and Refresh¬ 
ments; returning to St. Louis in time for outgoing trains. 
So as not to disappoint anyone, a copy of this letter will 
be sent to all members and the Chairman hopes to have a 
liberal response. 
We go to these Conventions to lay aside our many 
worries and to take a much needed rest for a few days, and 
a little pleasure after work is good for mind and body and 
gives us new life to renew the battle. 
Every nurseryman should (if possible) attend these 
Conventions—Bring your hardworked wife, daughter, or 
son with you, they will enjoy the rest and recreation and 
will feel so much better for the trip. 
Enclosed find subscription blank; fill in amount you 
will subscribe, sign your name and mail to the under¬ 
signed. 
Remittances can be made during the latter part of May'- 
or first of June—when you are over the rush and have time 
to count the cash. 
Yours fraternally, 
F. A. Weber, Chairman, 
Entertainment committee, American Association of 
Nurserymen, St. Louis Convention, June, 1911. 
EXHIBITION HALL 
Chairman Schuette of the Committee on Exhibits has 
been actively engaged in making satisfactory arrange¬ 
ments tor the collection of the usual large exhibits. He 
writes as follows: 
“I intend to write a personal letter to all exhibitors of the 
last two years about May first. 
“The exhibition hall will be on the ground floor, it will 
be roomy, and there will be enough space to accommodate 
all. Any overflow can be accommodated in the rotunda, 
as you probably know the ‘Southern’ has the largest 
rotunda of any hotel in the country. 
“The opportunity for exhibitors is probably the best 
they have had in many years, and I trust they will take 
advantage of it.” 
FARMING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 
The United States Department of Agriculture has recently been 
making an examination of the farming conditions in southern New 
Hampshire. The results are published in Circular No. 75 of the 
Bureau of Plant Industry. The deductions from this examination 
are that dairying and general farming are profitless occupations in 
that section, but that fruit growing and poultry raising arc usually 
satisfactory, either singly or in combination. Some other points 
brought out are that the period of greatest productivity in the 
farnrer’s life is co-ordinate with the period of his greatest physical 
ability. This is not a surprising conclusion. In other words, the 
farm.er’s earning capacity is greater before he reaches the age . of 
fifty than after he passes that period. 
