infestation, so as to
retard the gipsy moth's spread.--U.S. Dept. of Agri.

Annual Meeting. 1915, S.D. State Horticultural Society.

WM. PFAENDER, JR., NEW ULM, MINN., DELEGATE.

Arrived at Huron, S.D., Monday night, January 17, 1916. The officers as
well as the members gave me a very fine reception and, although I am a
life member, I was made an honorary member of the society, and during my
stay was entertained very agreeably.

I attended all meetings. The society had three meetings each day, except
Thursday, the 20th, when there was no meeting held in the evening. On
account of the very cold weather the attendance from outside was not as
large as it should have been.

Some very interesting papers were read. Mr. E. D. Cowles, of Vermillion,
in his paper on "What to do when your grape vines freeze back,"
advocated to break off the shoots (do not cut them off) near the old
wood, so that new shoots would start from the same bud or eye and would
produce a crop.

The papers by the president, Rev. F. A. Hassold, "Relation of
Horticulture to Home-Making" at the meeting, and "Community Effort in
Rural Life" at the banquet, were very fine and much appreciated by the
audience.

Professor N. E. Hansen in his paper, "New Fruits," stated, among other
things, that he had made a large number of crosses with Chinese sand
pears and other pears, and that he expects to get from the crosses
varieties that will be blight proof, and that he intends to continue
experiments along this line.

Two very able and much appreciated papers at the banquet were:
"Landscape Gardening," by Miss Hazel J. Kent, and "Transforming a Place
Into a Home," by Mrs. Geo. H. Whiting, both of Yankton, S.D.

Governor Byrney was present at the banquet and in his address
congratulated the horticulturists of South Dakota on what they have
attained and encouraged them in their difficult undertakings.

Your delegate was asked to give notes on "Minnesota Fruit Culture,"
which he did to the best of his ability. The discussions after each
paper were interesting and instructive.

The meeting was a very successful one and all present appreciated the
fact that these gatherings assist in developing this great Northwest in
horticulture, forestry and many other ways.

Annual Report, 1915, Sauk Rapids Trial Station.

MRS. JENNIE STAGER, SUPT.

Warm weather this last spring came quite early, and with bated breath we
waited for the usual frost, but