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tbia may .bo accomplished: Thia will add greatly
to tho value OF tho applo.orchnrd.



Wo must ask our Legislature to pass law
protect pooplo from injury by tho adulteration
of food, including fruits for food and medicine.
Other countries aro In this respect careful OF tho
tection against ths olaas OF wrongs, and II has
now come to DO crying ovil that must COM
mand attention.
SELLING nY WEIGHT.
1natscr bo aold by weight iuatoad Of mo,suro.
Ihts should apply to .borriea, eggs. and oil pro"
dlets that are not really fluid.
ONLY All OPINION,
Tho voting on tho meritB OF our fruits has
ofson had tendency to misload, and VIC should
give more Weight to tho experiences OF good cul-
tivatota, rather than to tho votos Of loHB.in-
formed persona,
ORCHARD or TIE INDUSTRIAL UNIVERSITY.
Tho experimental orchard Of tho Industrial
tho place Of individual effort, and it's lossons
should bo OF practical value. Tho orchartlist,
Mr. Vickroy, has the fullest confidence Of this
Society, and It Ia to be hoped that ho will be re-
tainoa in lts charge. An application should DO
made to tho Ttustoea for tho froe distribution Of
ciona OF such Varieties as may prove Of yaluo, or
glyc promiao OF such in ordor to wider toat In
all parts Of tho State. Such distribution should
bo to orchardiHls rather than to nuraorytneu.
This experimental orchard waa croatod 1t the
expense Of tho State, and 1t should ho used to
further advance the valuo OF the orchards Of tho
State.
TIE FOREST.
Forestry Is making fair. progress,, and. those
trcon Of commoroial value nre being planted.
At tho hoad OF this liss is the European larch
Tor tios, fence-postH, md Himilar nHes; the
Oaago-ofango lin all tho aouth half OF the
state), tho ash, maplos. elm. hickory, walnut,
Usage is porhaps the most valuable for general
use, aud must take itk pacc at tile head Of tho
list for supplies Of waKon-timher.
.. HEDGE.
in 1oxr rvn11 ,,,,.1orpkoo1 tt,nA nasra E.,1~n.
muat DO plarhol at from 6 to yoarB old, anl
and afterwards bo kept In check by the slicaru
Tho simple cuttiug-baok mud tho lot-alono plans
lavo not been success. -,
TIE RAILROADS.
Tho railroads have bognn to appreciate tho
value Of horticultural products as d fenturo in
their earnings, and havo given tho aubioct Of
froights and handling moro attention, In order
10 foster this department Of thcir bustness aud
yot there IL room for further improyoment.
PACKAGES.
Until fruit is sold BY weight NO shall mako
little progress In this direction. At present tho
study is to soil the least for the most money
aud aot how NO may make the most for tic
OF au uncertain measure, aud are sold by guets
rather than by measure or by weight. Tie buy
or eays, ~ guess that barrel holds 211 bushels,
and tho other ono s bushels: Weighing would
freight, and bo an advantage to both buyer and
Beor, and 1oave less opportunity for f2so re-
turns Of tho comnissiou-mon.
Your attention has boon called to some Of these
subiccts before but thoy continue to press on
our at,ontion, and will do SO until they shall be
fully mot and provided for.
THE NEW MANAGEMENT OF TUE INDUSTRIAL uS1-
yERs1TY
calls for our enrnest eympathies and, 10 long a.
1t endeayora to be OF practical valno to tho great
interest Of horticulture, it should bo cuoour-
agod. Tho day Is past when dissent from it's
management may bo construed into hostility
to the duties that aro imposed upon it. Its hor-
tioultural department. to = great extent, should
supersedo tito necessity Of private or individual
investigation and experiment. Let its errors Of
tho past be condopcd by an honest, faithful en-
d8aYor In the future.
TnEE-PLASTlSd,
for the past throo years, has boon almost fail
ure, and both nurscrymcn and planters have bo-
come moro or Ions discouraged; but wo should
now hope for. change in the soa-
,, ssns that shall e give promise Of botter
Wo should begin anew tho planting OF trees,
that snall mako our homes Of moro vniue, in
money. in health, Ii pleasure, and in social en-
joymont.
made his annual report. 1t Was q moro history
Of the busiuoes Of tho year, and ahoua very
prosperous and promising condition Of tho So
ctety.
THO Society received 800 from tho State Az
ricultural Society for premium on best display Of
September, l573.
Mr. Afiukler moved that the S1o0 received
from tho State Agricultural Society for pre-
MUM bo donated 70 Mr, Gausha, tho Hocre-
tary, which Was agreed to without objection.
Lettors Of regret from Prof. J. u. Turner,
Louis Ellsworth, and others wero read.
REPORT OF g. EDWARDS, SECOND DISTRICT.
h1r. Z. iB ona Of the oldest AorticulturBtb OF
tho State, and Ills report il full Of valuable aug-
Dr.. L. s. Pennington made Il report On
ORCHARD CULTURE,
Which Was read. Ho reports seyorc results Of
tbs drought in tho failure OF tho crops. Tho
constant changas Of condition call for ! greater
care, wAtohfulness, and attention. Ho would pre-
for high location and northorly slopes OF hills
rather than to depond on shelter-belss for the
protection OF tho orchard. hlulching md clover
are useful, but those invite tho tlold-mice and
these must bo guarded against, as they nro very
destructive.
0Ir. Humphry would cau attention to tho ro-
port OF Ar. Pennington III regard to high loca.
tons; Ths @ y duo TO- to the early aud continued
Mr. Minklor did not suppose that tho planting
of shetor-bnlth is panncea for all ills tha. trees
are heir TO-, aud the dead trees may bo accounted
for BY The drought Of tha past three years.
do in tho killing Of applo-treea the past winter.
Alr. Mosher had young orchard. aud, when
ho lad cut OF the branches, tho borer made it's
attacks.
llf. .. l.. hc0uciQ haa no doubt IN reEaru 10
tho cause Of tho Wintor-kiliing Of trees tho ppat
wintor; in short, it was due to tho drought and
frost.
AIR, Tlagg, from the Committee on
T1MDER-pLANTINa,
read report. He said TINT two-thirda Of our
State had but littlo Woodland. lie argued that q
part OF tho State WAS not natural to tho growth
OF forests, but iu time might produce trees. Tho
paper Was prepared with great care, and is Of
much value to practical troe-plantera. We need
further experience on this subject. Tic white
pine, the red cedar, and the cypress are among
the conlfets Of tho most value for this climate
Prof. Morse made q few remarks on natural
history, aud moro especially the part that
INSECTS
played in the fertilization Of plants. Ho Illus
atead OF bees boing . disadvantage, they nero
an advantage, aud did much to insure crop Of
pears aud other fruit by their carrying the
pollen from plant to plant. In mauy plantn no