As a result of the successful establishment of colonies of these and other parasites which feed on the gipsy and brown-tail moths, marked progress is being made in reducing these pests.  Effective co-operation is being afforded by the States, which carry on as much work as possible within the infested areas, thus allowing the Federal authorities to carry on field work along the outer border of 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.