Exercise to occupy this half-hour will be on
"The Flower Garden," and led by Mrs. H. A. Boardman, St. Paul.
2:00 o'clock.
President Cashman In the Chair.
My Spraying Experience--four five-minute paper.
1. Harold Simmons, Howard Lake.
2. E. Yanish, St. Paul.
3. A. H. Reed, Glencoe.
4. J. J. Dobbin, Excelsior.
Orchard Pests In Minnesota During 1916.
1. Diseases.
Prof. E. C. Stakman. Head of Section
Plant Pathology, University Farm.
2. Insects.
A. G. Ruggles, Asst. Entomologist,
University Farm.
3:15 o'clock.
MINN. GARDEN FLOWER SOCIETY.
Mrs. E. W. Gould, Pres., Minneapolis.
Some New Plants at Home and Abroad.
Professor N. E. Hansen, Brookings, S. D.
The Home Setting As the Architect Sees It.
Mr. Harry W. Jones, Minneapolis.
A Composite on Composites--Useful Plants for Fall Bloom.
Mrs. Phelps Wyman, Minneapolis.
Lantern Talk by E. G. Cheyney, Prof. of Forestry, State University.
Illustrated with many views from the forest regions of Northern
Minnesota.
WEDNESDAY EVENING SESSION.
7:30 o'clock, Dec. 6, 1916.
N. W. PEONY AND IRIS SOCIETY.
Fifteen-minute musical program by orchestra.
The Modern Iris.
Mr. C. S. Harrison, York, Neb.
Peonies, Their Care and Culture.
Mr. John E. Stryker, St. Paul, Minn.
Peonies for Pleasure.
Mr. Lee Bonnewitz, Van Wert, Ohio.
Peonies for Profit.
Mrs. Wm. Crawford, La Porte, Ind.
Peonies and Their Possibilities.
Mr. D. W. C. Ruff, St. Paul, Minn.
Music. Selection by Orchestra.
General Discussion.
THURSDAY FORENOON SESSION.
9:00 o'clock.
A thirty-minute "Question and Answer" exercise on "Success in
Orcharding," led by J. F. Harrison, a successful orchardist, Excelsior.
9:30 o'clock.
President Cashman in the Chair.
Evergreens for Prairie Homes.
M. Soholt, Madison.
Windbreaks by the Mile.
T. A. Hoverstad, Minneapolis.
Arrangement of Farm Buildings and Grounds for Convenience
and Artistic Effect.
E. M. Reeves, Waverly, Ia.
Report of Committee on Fruit List.
J. P. Andrews, G. W. Strand, T. E. Cashman.
Adoption of Fruit List.
Annual Reports.
Report of Executive Board, J. M. Underwood, Chairman, Lake City.
Report of Secretary, A. W. Latham.
Report of Treasurer, Geo. W. Strand, Taylors Falls.
On account of the very full program the annual reports of the
vice-presidents, superintendents of Trial Stations and Auxiliary
Societies, will be f
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