Santa Fe daily New Mexican., 1896-01-15
new MEXICO HORTICULTURE
Tenth Annual Meeting of the Terri
torial Horticultural Society
in This City.
PRESIDENT B0YLE'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year
Preparations for Forthcoming Fair
in Santa Fe-Adjourned Till
Monday, February 10.

The tenth annual meeting of the Ney
Mexico horticultural society was held a
the board of trade rooms Monday after
noon with a good attendance of member
present. The meeting was called tt
order at 4:15 p. m, DR.. W. s. Harroun act
ing as secretary in the absence of Mr.. R
E. Twitchel'. The president delivered
his annual address as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-I wish to re-
view briefly the work of the New Mexico
Horticultural society for the past year
and to remind you that if there have not
been very many meetings of the society,
nevertheless, that at each meeting when
| held, work was done of interest to all
those who are engaged in horticultural
pursuits in this territory. There have
been five important meetings held. The
first two in January, 1895, during the ses-
sion of our legislature and committee
then appointed prepared and caused to
be introduced bill entitled, "An Act to
promote, encourage and protect horti-
culture and forestry in the territory of
New Mexico, and to establish terri
torial board of horticulture" The pro-
visions iu the bill were drawn up with
much care after consulting with members
of the legislature representing those
parts of the territory most interested in
the prosperous and growing horticul-
tural industry. The bill was in charge of
the Hon. VIM. Locke, chairman of the
committee on agriculture, and had secured
the approval and promised support of
ajority of the house. It was next on
the calendar when those unfortunate po-
litical differences arose which stopped all
useful legislation, and this bill, like many
other useful measures, died ahorning.
The original bill is on the table before
you and is we'll worthy of perusal and
consideration, for this or a similar act
must be pushed through the Legislature
at it's forthcoming session in 1897 if pos
sible. 1t is absolutely necessary for the
welfare of horticulture that further legis-
lation be had. The present act is in
operative and even if it could be en-
forced does not meet the requirements of
the case. The fruit industry now has
grown to such proportions that it needs
the protection given to ii in other states
without which il must become unprofit-
able to those engaged in it.
There Is nothing wanted in New Mex
leo which has not been equally necessary
elsewhere and the acts of California, |
Colorado, Delaware, Georgia and other !,
fruit growing states have by their legis-
lature made the course to be pursued by
US particularly plain s'1d ineligible. |
"a. ,s.,A, i
society have been held, at one of which Mr..
I. D. A. Cockerell, professor of entomol-
ogy at the Agricultural college at Las
Cruces, gave second most interesting |
lecture on the insect enemies of the |
farmer and orchardist and other kindred
subjects, and at the other meeting (held |
on the 9th of October last resolution was
passed providing that there should be held
q horticulture fair at Santa Fe under the !
auspices of this society on September
3, 10 and II, 1896. 1t ought to be unneces-
,ary for me to enlarge upon the oppor-
unity which this fair will offer for show.
ing to the world what we are all the time
producing, consuming and exporting to
ess favored localities in the way of horti-
cultural and agricultural products. With
, little united effort we ought to be able
10 gather together here In Santa Fe
better exhibit of the products of the soil
of New Mexico than has ever yet been
,een, especially of the more northern SEQ
ions of the territory, and it would be we'll
hat committee or committees should
oe appointed at once to attend to the
natter. There will be great deal of cor
and necessary advertising,
Ind funds must be provided for these
purposes. Probably the first step to be
AIKEN will be to invite the cooperation of
other horticultural societies which have,
been established in San Juan,
Jolfax, Bernalillo, Dona Ana and Eddy
ouuties, and then call upon Colorado,
Kansas, Texas, Arizona and California to
end us exhibits of their abundance.
mother very important. matter calling
or immediate attention is the collection
# the annual dues of this society so that
he treasurer may have some funds with
Vhich at any rate to pay postage and
ther petty expenses.
The roll of members SO far as can as.
ertain is as follows: Enos Andrews, ].
(. Livingston, E. A. Fiske, L. B. Prince,
frs. Prince, Arthur Boyle, Mrs. Boyle,
!. G. Preston, Grant Rivenburg, G. H.
ross, Mrs. Gross, W. s. Harroun, Mrs.
w. Spiegelberg, Mrs. Spiegel-
erg, ]. 7. Newhall, Mrs. Newhall, Mrs.
:. W. Clancy, Mrs. W. W. Griffin, Mrs. E.
!. Bartlett, J. h. Vaughn, Edward Miller,
oseph Elster, Valentine Herbert, J. H.
-naebel, Luis E. Alarid, John Patterson,