han at any previous period in
its history, there being on the annual roll 3,079 members, and on the
life roll 311 members, of whom 30 are honorary. There have been added to
this roll the past year one honorary life member, Mr. Lycurgus R. Moyer,
of Montevideo, and 20 paid life members. The number of deaths appearing
on this life roll during the past year is fortunately only two, Mr. E. A.
Webb, editor and manager of "The Farmer," who had been a member since
1906, and V. A. Neil, of Minneapolis, whose death occurred prior to the
1914 annual meeting but had not been spoken of heretofore.

As usual a considerable number of sources have contributed towards this
large membership roll. The auxiliary societies, of which there are 10
have brought upon this roll in all 878 members. One new auxiliary
society has been added to the number this year, organized in St. Paul
under the name of "Horticultural, Poultry and Improvement Association of
West St. Paul." An auxiliary society maintained at Crookston for a
number of years seems to be no longer in existence and should probably
be taken from the list of auxiliaries. The farmers' institutes have not
contributed as largely to the membership roll as some previous years, on
account in part of the fact that the work heretofore done by farmers'
institutes is being done in farmers' clubs and schoolhouse meetings of
farmers, which does not offer as good an opportunity for securing
memberships, though the service to the cause of horticulture is probably
even better. Through this source the society has received this year 146
memberships. Many of the nurserymen have contributed liberally to the
membership this year, memberships that were given by them to their
customers in accordance with an arrangement made with this office. In
all from this source have come upon our roll 172 memberships.

The State Fruit-Breeding Farm continues to be the object of permanent
central interest in our association. Unfortunately the frosts of last
spring interfered with the fruiting of the thousands of trees which
under other circumstances would have borne fruit, many of them for the
first time, so that practically few advances have been made the past
year in breeding new tree fruits except in preparation for the future.
In small fruits it was different, and the list of these worthy of trial
which are standing the climate well is a growing one. Our membership are
exceedingly interested in these new fruits as man