cts that
they have a special interest in. Horticulture, or subjects closely akin,
have a place on this program Monday afternoon, Tuesday forenoon and
afternoon, Wednesday forenoon and Thursday forenoon; Thursday afternoon
the horticultural program is devoted entirely to vegetables; Friday
forenoon and afternoon; and Saturday forenoon altogether spraying. When
this magazine is received it will be too late to send for a program, but
not too late to attend the meetings, which we hope many of our members
may have the opportunity to do.

ATTENDANCE AT ANNUAL MEETING.--The badge book, which is issued
at every annual meeting, containing the list of those who notify the
secretary of a purpose to attend the meeting, is a pretty good index of
the attendance. This year the badge book contained 442 names. Of course
not all of these were present at the meeting, but a great many who were
there had not sent notice of attendance and whose names were not in the
badge book, so that the figures given elsewhere in this magazine as to
attendance, estimated at from 400 to 500, are certainly not any too
high.

Of this number not to exceed fifteen members, including vice presidents
and superintendents of trial stations living at a distance, receive
their railroad fare to and from the annual meeting, which is the only
compensation they receive for their work in operating the trial stations
and preparing the annual or semi-annual reports connected with their
positions. This is not in fact any compensation for service but rather a
recognition of the large obligation under which the society rests
towards them for such gratuitous service.

PLANT PREMIUMS FOR 1916.--On the inside front cover page of
this monthly will be found a list of the plant premiums offered to our
membership the coming spring. This list is also published in the society
folder, of which copies will be sent to each member and which can be
supplied in any number desired by application to the secretary. The list
of plant premiums includes a considerable variety of plants both
ornamental and otherwise useful. Those of special interest this year are
the new fruits being sent out from the State Fruit-Breeding Farm,
including No. 3 June-bearing strawberry, which gives promise of being a
very valuable fruit for Minnesota planters; No. 1017 everbearing
strawberry, the kind which has been selected from thousands of varieties
fruiting at the station, a good plant maker and also a prolif