the United States who
does not know how to graft.

MR. POTTER: I am sorry you said that. I wish you had left that out. I
was there when Lorimer was elected.

THE PRESIDENT: There is nothing that would cure a legislature of
grafting quicker than horticulture.

The chair desires to make an announcement of the program. This morning,
there will be the usual talks and papers. We will adjourn at 12 o'clock
and meet again at 1 o'clock for the afternoon session until 5 o'clock,
at which time the members of the Association and visitors are invited by
some of the citizens to take an automobile ride to see the city and the
different industries, which I am sure we will all be glad to do. This
evening at 8 o'clock there will by a lecture by Mr. C. A. Reed of the
Department of Agriculture and he will us show one of the best
collections of lantern slides in existence. Everybody is invited,
whether members of the Association or not, including the ladies and
children.

Tomorrow morning at 7:15 we will take the Rockport traction car here,
getting off at Sandale, at which place we will be met by wagons and we
will go to Enterprise where you will see a great number of seedling
pecan trees of all ages. They are bearing, the limbs hanging down close
to the ground, and there will be an excellent opportunity to see the
nuts on the trees at close range.

A gasoline boat will meet us at Enterprise between 12 and 1 and we will
return to Evansville tomorrow evening, via the river, stopping at proper
points, and be in session again at 8 o'clock, finishing up the business
of the Association with a lecture by Col. C. K. Sober of Pennsylvania,
the great chestnut producer. He has a great many lantern slides and will
tell you many things of interest. He is one man who is working earnestly
and tirelessly to combat the chestnut blight.

The next thing on the program this morning will be the report of the
secretary of the Association, Dr. W. C. Deming.

THE SECRETARY: I have the honor to report as follows:

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-TREASURER

Deficit, date of last report $105.05

Expenses:
Washington meeting 10.46
Reporting convention 45.00
Printing report 217.58
Miscellaneous printing 23.25
Postage and stationery 42.84
Membership A. P. S. 2.00
Stenographer and