St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-11
DISCIPLES OF POMONA.
The horticultural and Other State
Societies Meet in Convention.

Societies Meet in Convention.
A joint meeting of the Minnesota
State Horticultural society. State
Forestry and State Bee Keepers
association is being held on the
seventh floor Of the Lumber exchange.
The meeting opened yesterday morning
with prayer by Rev. G. E. Page, preSi-
dent OF the Window institute. The
committee on credentials reported the
names of those eligible to seat III the
convention. Altogether there were
$50. The members of the committee on
small fruits reported on the condition
Of the crops last year. l.. Ii. Wilcox,
Of Hastings, and }. A. Sampson, of EX-
celSior, reported that the crOf of small
paper on the same subject, and Mr..
Wilcox one on improvements in grow
ing strawberries. The papers were
thoroughly discussed by the meeting.
At the afternoon session NJ. a. Thayer,
president of the " sconsn Horticult-
ural society read a paper on "HOrtlcult-
ure for Children" g. i. Smith, of this
city, read paper OH ''Small Fruit Cult
ure for the Farmer" The ideas ad-
vanced by these two papers proved eX-
cellent food for discussion.
In the room adjoining the meeting
room is an elaborate exhibit of all kinds
OF fruits, vegetables and weed Speci-
mems. This will be added to until
every variety of fruit, vegetable and
weed grown in the Northwest can be
seen.
One Of the interesting papers of the
afternoon was "A Womam's Experience
in Vine Culture" by Mrs. Josephine
Irwin, of Excelsior Mrs. Irwin told
how a widow, herself, with a couple Of
small children and slender means made
grape growing pay. She advised other
women to try it. In the discussion OF
the various papers Prof. S. b. Green, Of
the state experimental farm, advised
horticulturiSts to leave patent fertilizers
alone as much as possible. Stable manure
and tOnkage is cheaper.
In the evening Mayor William II.
Eustis delivered neatly framed rhetOr-
zeal bit of an address of welcome, and
Alfred Terry, of Slayton, responded.
| President j. NJ. Underwood. of Lake
City, read the presidents annual address.
He advised the establishment of per-
manent headquarters somewhere. The
society has been tWenty-siX years with
mended the work of the farm
ers' institute conducted by Prof.
o. G. Gregg. The horticultural
interests will be we'll looked after at the
worlds fair, he said. BeekeeperS in
Minnesota are increasing and improv-
! ing. Last year 200 tons of honey were
made in the state.
Secretary 4. w. Latham. of Excelsior,
reported that the year has seen an
increase of membership from 220 to $50,
an evidence OF prosperity. He recon-
mended an extensive distribution of
! literature, urged more advertising of
! the society and recommended that some
! purely agricultural paper be made the
official organ OF the society. The horti-
cultural exhibit Of the last state fair was
good, he said, but he would like to see
more premiums offered. Only one
member of the society died last year,
Samuel Partridge, assistant secretary
of the State Agricultural society.
Treasurer Ditus Day, of Pennington.
ments. 81, O0S.7O; balance, $4,000.
Prof. S. B. Green read an interesting
paper, showing that current of cleo
tIicty about the roots forces the
growth of plants. Plants also grew
we'll under electric lights, and show
a tendency to grow toward the light
The hOrticulturist is thus independent
of the SUMS light aud heat, but fruit
growing by electric light cannot be
made profitable just yet.
The following committees were ap-
pointed:
Apples, S. D. Richardson and Clar.
ence Wedge; grapes, E. j. Cults; honey,
Mrs. }. w. Blaclville; Towering plants
and cut flowers, Mrs. Annie B.
Underl,ood; vegetables, William
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good OF the society, l.. r. Moger, Mrs
A. A. Kennedy and Judge A. Terry
presidents address, G. l.. Smith. Miss
Sara NJ. Manning, Prof S. B. Green
obituaries, Col. j. II. Stevens, DR.. NJ. Nj
Friesele, j. S. Harris; final resolutions
Clarence Wedge, Mrs. Jennie Stager
o. l.. Brond.