The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-12-26
FINANcEs.

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you on the condition of our finances. We
are In debt TO no one, and have q neat lit
tie surplus for the ensuing year.
What has our society Accomplished
am frequently confronted with argument
like this: Your society does not accom-
plish any good only to have general
: good time for those who attend its meet
, ings. II this were true, then we are just
, that much better off than the individual
who offers that as an objection to become
a member of our organization. Now, let
us reason together little while and see
If we can't find more important matter
why our society should be patronized. /
{ take the position that every man or wo-
{ man who plants fruit tree, potato, cab
bagc plant, turnip seed, raddish seed, Gu
cumber seed, grape vine or even flower
seed Of any variety is practically speak
, ing, hortculturist That being true,
are you then willing to acknowledge that
you, too, amount to nothingY Certainly
not Neither would | want you to feel So
} Now, is it not fact that 1t is only by
education that we acquire knowledgeY
Thaj proposition being true, then let us
come and reason together True, there are
many whom we call self-made men and
women, but want TO say to you, right
here, that they gained much of their
knowledge from what other great men
and women have said or written who
lived before them.
Strictly speaking, l hold there are no
self-made men and women, but that we
belong rather to the mistlctoe genus:
that Is to SOY, we live and feed (mentally
speaking) upon the food sown by those
who have lived and gene before us. True,
md
deeper thought, on the different scientific
subjects.
Pardon me for my apparent digrtssion,
will endeavor to return more closely to
my subject, viz: What have we accom-
plished as branch society of hort cul-
ture? l answer that when this society
was organized in 1878, our plum crops
were destroyed by the curculio, and our
apples by the codling moth; In referring
to Onr records l find, at meeting of our
society held August 3, 1881, at the resi-
denCe of Mrs. Catharne Wise, on North
Market street, Canton, o., plate of wild
goose plumS on exhibition by Mrs. l..
Strump, pronounced by the committee
exceedingly fine. Mrs. J. X. Niesz, a
! plate of same variety. Also by B. +. Ber
lin, three varieties of plums Wild Goose
Lombard, and another variety for name
Comment of committee: eve are glad to
notice the return Of the plum on our
tables, and hope the time will soon come
when we shall again enjoy this excellent
fruit. (Thrce years after our organiza
tionD
Committee-J. \. Reed, I. Ruperd, J.
Correll.
l pass now to the meeting of this soci-
ETY. Of August 3, 1886, at the residence of
Mr., Jacob Holl, Plain township. AT this
meeting the exhibit of plums was large
and fine
Committoc-Amos J. Hershey, Henry
r. Rohrer
l will not follow this line of proof any
further only to say that we show good re-
suits in this line, barring frOsts and ex-
Cessive wet weather, during the blooming
season. l now call your attention to our
fruit Of one year ago, when every one will !
remember that our markets were filled |
with beautiful homegrown plums, and !
also a fair amount Of apples. Again, |
previous to the organization of this soci- |
ETY., we imported into our county $40 |
of all our berries then consumed, now we
produce as fine n berry of every variety as |
are grown anywhere, and in quantities
sufficient to supply our home markets in |
their season. That Is not all. At the or
ganization Of this society, we cultivated q |
small amount Of inferior grades of celery, |
but today, through the energy and push |
Of our most worthy and beloved member, |
(now deCcascd), who converted our worth
less swAmps, filled with malaria and |
dcathly poison, into the most fertile gar
dens producing the finest growth of celery |
previously gIown anywhere, we are |
proud that we can say, that through his |
efforts and success, thousands of acres of |
our marshes have already been cleared up, |
and thousands more no doubt will be, to |
bless humanity, with this delicious vege- |
table, not only in so richly adOrning the |
good housewife table, but also for it's |
great medical qualities, made use of, so |
successfully, to soothe the shattered nerves |
of the aged and inhrm.
What then, are our future possibi ties?
Thus far our task has been comparatively |
easy, but in turning our thoughts to the |
accomplishments of the future, our sub
ject becomes much more difficult to pre-
sent with that effect and satisfaction |
which we might desire; at least to the |
minds of doubling Thomases, and we |
shall therefore not attempt lengthy dis
cussion on this proposition. We would. |
however, remark that If our Legislators
would give us the recognition we deserve, |
in the passage of laws (such as our sister |
state, California, enjoys) whereby Sny- |
der could insist, In fact, compel Doolittle |
to assist in the destruction of crop enc
mics of all kinds to agriculture, as well |
as to horticulture, and in addition to this, |
our Legislature should appropriate fund |
sufficient to employ at least one compe- |
tent person, in each county, whose bust |
ness duty would be to visit and examine |
every farm, orchard and garden, through |
out his entire district and enforce the |
laws. In support of this theory, allow |
me to refer you to our Black-nOt law. |
After my election as your president i APP |
pointed, in compliance with said law, |
committee of one in each township in the |
county TO carry out the forms of said law. |
Nearly all Of said committee reported |
having completed their part of the work, |
and properly placed 1t In the hands of the |
township trustees. We still have the |
Black not, and in my opinion always will |
have under our present system. There |
fore, the necessity for special agent or
inspector whose duty lies only in the en-
forcement Of the law, and to stay by his |
work until success crowns his efforts, |
'and If it takes all summer"
BY your permission / will direct your
attention TO the state of California. You
undoubtedly remember that comparative
ly speaking, only few years ago, that
state was considered barren waste, while
today she stands in the front ranks with
her sister states, in both horticulture and
agriculture You might with proDriety