Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-20
FINALE.

sembled at the university gathered in
their respective rooms in Agricultural
hall at an early hour yesterday morning
to finish up the business of their annual
meetings.
THE CANE GROWERS.
The last session of the cane growers
convention was occupied in arranging the
business of the year Resolutions were
passed deporing the death of Isaac A.
Hodges, OF st. Louis, the pioneer of the
northern cane growing industry; also re-
commanding to the patronage of cane
grow ers north, the Rltra} World, OF st.
Louis. The treasurer's report showed:
Balance from last year, $42.35; received
for membership fees. $51; bills paid,
S11.2O; balance on hand, $82.15. The an
rual election of officers resulted as fol-
lows:
President D. Blakely.
Vice President-Wyman Elliott
Secretary-Prof. Porter.
MINNEAPOLIS was fixed upon as the place
of holding the next annual meeting and
the convention then adjourned sine die
HORTICULTURE.
The prize essays on orcharding were
taken up again yesterday morning, read
and referred to the proper committee.
Prof. Porter offered the following reso-
luton:
ReSoIred, That the chair appoint a COM
mittee of five to attend joint meeting of
the committee of the state organizations
to be held a, st. Paul, Jan. so, for the pur
pose of perfecting, if possible, close ar
| of cold cooiatias in tho oOn6Uct-
ing of their respective work within the
state. and that the same committee be also
constituted the delegation from this society
to the state agricultural board. Adopted
Messrs. j. W. Wells, NJ. G. White, W. E.
Brimhau and Wyman Elliott were appoint
ed on that committee.
PRINTING.
Acting Secretary Gibbs offered the fol
lowing resolution which was adopted: That
in view of the increase of the business
transactions of the society, and the addi-
tional amount of matter necessary to be
published in the report of transactions,
and in view of the growing Importance of
the horticultural interests of the state
which are to be subserved by the general
dissemination of useful information upon
this subject among the general population
of the state, the legislature be requested
to amend the existing law governing the
publication of the annual society reports,
by inserting 500 instead of 300, as the lin
it of pages, and by striking out the
conditional $3.50 as to cost of publication,
and that this resolution be referred to
Prof. Porter and S. M. Emery as legis-
Iative committee. Mr.. Brimhall offered a
hot bn
tee on legislation be instructed by this
society to have the law so amended as to
make the legal weight of onions per bush
| instead of fifty seven pounds which is now
the law. Adopted.
ELECTION.
The annual election of officers came
next and resulted in the selection of the
| following:
President-J. S. Harris, of La Crescent.
Secretary-O. Gibbs, Jr., Lake City.
Treasurer. T. Grimes, Minneapolis.
The state was divided into districts and
vice presidents elected as follows:
First District-Houston, Fillmore,
Mower, Dodge, Olmsted, Goodhue, Winona
and Wabasbaw counties, vice president, A.
W. Sias, Rochester.
Second Observation-Disclosures, Scott, Carver,
Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington and
Anoka counties, vice president, F. G.
Gould.
Third District-An counties east of the
Missouri and north of Anoka and Marion,
vice president, Oscar Roos, Centre City.
Fourth District-All counties west of
the Mississippi and north of the Mime
sofa, except as named in other districts,
vice president, G. w. Fuller.
Fifth District-All counties west of the.
line of Dodge and south of Dakota and
Scott, including Sibley and south of the
Minnesota to west boundary of the state,
vice president, E. II. L. Dart, OwatonRa.
COMMITTEES.
Executive-J. M. Underwood, Lake City,
chairman; o. F. Brand, Faribault; W. E.
Brimhall, st. Paul; F q. Gould, Excelsior; M.
Pearce, Minnetonka. Committee to estab-
lish five experimental stations in the state
for the trial of Seeding apples, Prof.
Porter, chairman; S. M. Emery,
Lake City; A. W. Sias, Rochester;
81. I. Eldridge, Excelsior; J. T.
Grimes was chosen delegate to the Mis-
sissippi Agricultural association; o. Gibbs,
Jr., and J. S. Harris, delegates to the Wis
cOnS1Q state HORTICULTURAL convention; 4.
II. S. Dart, delegate to the Iowa meeting.
All other committees usually appointed at
the winter meeting, were referred, on mo-
ton, to President Harris. The report of
the committee on awards was read and
adopted. R. J. Mendenhal was elected
entomologist of the society. On motion
both the next summer and winter meet
ings were fixed for Minneapolis, the time
of the summer meeting to be hereafter de-
cided upon by the executive committee.
Adjourned till 1 o'clock p. N.
THE LAST SESSION.
The hcrticulturists assembled for the
closing session at o'clock and listened to
paper on Forestry and Ornamental Tree
Planting" by Hon. L. B. Hodges, of st.
Paul. The paper was defense of our
climate and soil in regard to tree raising.
Mr.Hodges said:"When men ask me if trees
can really be raised on our great
prairies, feel as the old preacher must
have felt who, after spending the best
part of his life in devotion to his calling,
was asked one day if it was true that
Christ is really dead"
He detailed his favorite method of pre-
pairing the land, selecting the stock and
planting tree claim. The paper was of