St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-18
The Legislature Asked for
Money to Establish a Hor-
ticultural Institute.
Nearly All of the Old Officers
Elected by a Unanimous
Vote.
MANY Short Addresses on Sub
jects Of Interest to Fruit
Growers.

died about the stove in nearly similar
condition. The work of the day began
little after O'Clock by listening to
very elaborate report from Secretary
Hillman. He went into detailed ac-
count of the state work in regard to
horticulture. The question box was
then passed around for conundrums
which are to be cracked in the future.
j. D. Barrett, OF Browns Valley,
brought a resolution recommending, the
establishment of horticultural stations
before the meeting, and it was referred
to a committee, after much discussion.
A. W. Sias, of Rochester; q. w. Fuller
of Litchficld, and j. W. Harris, OF La
Crescent, read reports on seedlings,
E. 81. S. Dart, of Owatonna, read a
report on the state experimental station.
which was followed by a statement by
Prof. Portes, of the financial condition
OF the Excelsior station The discus
sion which followed was not one COM
plimentary toward that institution or its
director. At this point in the pro-
gramme the committee on Mr.. Barrett'S
resolution reported and the resolution
was adopted a corrected. After crack
ing the boX of conundrumS the meeting
adjourned till afternoon.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION
opened with a smaller attendance than
has been the custom of the society. as
President Elliott and number of the
horticulturiStS were out III the city VS.
iting the different private greenhouses.
The men and women who have come
to attend the horticultural annual meet
ing are evidently here with the inten-
fin, of
everything of their line of work is con-
cerned. The meeting was called to
order by A. W. Sias, of Rochester. and
was opened by talk by l.. II. Wilcox,
of Hastings, who went into the details
of small fruit culture. All small
fruits of the finest quality
might be raised in Minnesota
to very good advantage. He laid par
ticular stress on the value OF raising
strawberries and cranberries. In speak
ing of cranberries he said that if a good
crop was raised once In ten years it
would more than pay for the land and
all the labor put on them in the ten
years. In closing he said that he had.
found that it was absolutely necessary
to make a judicious application of
from O'Clock in the morning till 8 at
night in order to make the business
fully successful. On taking his
seat it was evident that ne had
agitated quite a discussion that
was quite ready to burst forth.
William Uric, OF Minneapolis, replied to
what the gentleman had said OH the
strawberry question. He had carefully
cultivated nine acres for the Chicago
market, and after year of hard work
had come out no richer for his work.
Nj. Pierce, of Minnetonka, was pre-
pared to treat the strawberry question
Scientifically. He had specimens of the
effect of microscopic insects on the
plants, and passing these around he
gave very Instructive talk on the-sub-
ject. At this juncture the wandering
members with The president came in.
and a committee began work in one
corner in awarding prizes on fruits,
making quite busy scene in the old
hall. Josua Allen, of Red Wing, took
the floor on the squash question.
Prof. Porter succeeded in gaining the
floor long enough to give some very in
teresting facts IN regard to experiments
that had been performed at the station
with the sugar test. The figures ne
read showed that beetS raised had large
per cent of sugar and that Minneapolis
soil was excellent for the raising of any
sugar-bearing plant. Mrs. Gregg, wife
of Prof. o. G. Gregg, of the experiment
tai station read spicy letter OIL PAN
try Stoves; process of picking and pre-
serving" She received vote of thanks
from the meeting.
THE VICE PRESIDENTS REPORTS
were read, and as each vice president is
from different congressional district
and their reports purpOrted to be about
fGoiv rf ,tar
of peculiar interest. A. w. Sias, of
Rochester, was the first on the list. He
Was followed by E. II. S. Dart, of Owa-
tonna, and M. Cutler. of Sumter, closed
the reports with avery interesting paper
in which he condemned the present
method of holding county fairs. The
society proceeded to the election of Off
GERS. President Elliott, Secretary Hill
man and Treasurer Day were reelected
by unanimous vote. The vice presi-
dents elected were as follows: A. W.
Sias, Rochester; Alfred Terry, Sleigh.
ton: M. Cutler, Sumter; NJ. Pierce,
Minnetonka; j. o. Barrett, Browns
Valley. The executive committee
elected was o. F. Brand, Faribault; J.
NJ. Underwood. Lake City; A. w.
Latham, Excelsior; L. b. Wilcox. Hast
ings, and j. s. Harris. La Crescent.
Prof. o. W. Oestlund and E. A. Gunner,
of the college of agriculture, were
elected entomologist and librarian. A.
W. Latham. of Excelsior, read paper
on the diseases OF the grapevine.
The paper was followed by one on the
same subject by John S. Harris, of La
Crescent. After this subject had been
fully discussed President Elliot intro
duced to the meeting G. G. Bell, dele
gate from the State horticultural So
ciety of Missouri. He had just arrived
from the meeting of the Iowa Horti-.
cultural society at Des Moines. He
made few pleasant remarks, assuring
the society of his presence to-day. a :
telegram was read from Col. D. Az
Robertson, of st. Paul, stating that
sickness prevented his being present at;
the meetings,al Mi: SO he could not present
his article on "Climatology of Minnesota
and the Northwest" The committee
appointed to meet DR.. Kilvington re-
ported. and was followed by rich dis {
cussion in regard to the important
question of the disposition to be made
of the city 0ffal. 1t seemed the sense of :
those present that the neighboring
farmers would take the really valuable
material, paying the freight Oh it to
their station. 1t was rumored that a
syndicate was already talking of taking
the manure and forming a fertilizer
company. Resolutions were offered by
j. o. Barrett to divide the state into
four parts, and to ask the legislature for I
$1,000 to be divided equally among
them. The resolution was laid on the
table, and the society adjourned until
7:50.
At the opening of the evening session
great many ladies were among the
members of the society. for it was to be
the ladies' evening, land they were not in
least disappointed. The first paper, by
Mrs. V. ii. Campbell, Evansville, Wis,
on the ethics OF horticulture, was a
pleasing one. dealing, as it did, with the