herever apples
grow in the great dominion. In 1896 the original tree from which this
enormous family sprang was injured by fire, but it continued to bear
fruit until five years ago. Then, after 15 years, it died, and the
grateful farmers have raised a marble pillar in honor of the tree which
has done so much for the fruit growing industry of their land.

The story of this apple tree illustrates the African proverb that though
you can count the apples on one tree, you can never count the trees in
one apple.--January Popular Science Monthly.

Report of Committee on Horticultural Building.

S. P. CROSBY, CHAIRMAN, ST. PAUL.

As you know, at the last legislature there was a bill prepared and
introduced asking for an appropriation of $40,000 to build a new home
for this society. It was provided, that that home should be located on
the grounds of University Farm or upon the grounds of the State
Agricultural Society, and that was to be left to the discretion of the
executive board of this society. The bill is a very well drawn bill, and
the committee appeared before the legislature some four or five times.
We went before the committee of the senate and before the committee of
the house and senate, and as a matter of fact the result was that the
bill never came out of the committee.

The cry last year, as it is every year, was that of retrenchment and low
taxes. Now, that is all right as a general proposition, but Minnesota is
not a poor state. In the cities of course we think we have all the taxes
we ought to have, and we think they are pretty high; perhaps you
gentlemen living in the country think you have as high taxes as you
ought to have, but that the state, for instance, has over $30,000,000 in
the school fund, probably reaching up to fifty or sixty millions some
day, with other figures which can be given here, shows that Minnesota is
not a poor state. On the other hand, it shows that Minnesota is a rich
state. Certainly there is no good reason why it should not provide a
good home for this society, which has earned it and is nearly fifty
years old.

Now, ladies and gentlemen, I simply want to say one thing. Don't depend
upon the committee to do all this work. While we didn't get our bill
through last year we came away full of courage, and just as sure as
night follows the day we are going to have a new home for this society
one of these days. (Applause.) But I want it distinctly understood that
every membe