First Prize--G. A. Nelson, University Farm School, St. Paul.
Second--A. W. Aamodt, University Farm School, St. Paul.
Third--P. L. Keene, University Farm School, St. Paul.

Their addresses were all of a practical character and will appear in our
monthly.

Prof. Richard Wellington conducted a fruit judging contest, in
connection with which there was a large interest, and prizes were
awarded as follows:

D. C. Webster, La Crescent, First $5.00
P. L. Keene, University Farm, St. Paul, Second 3.00
Marshall Hurtig, St. Paul, Third 2.00

At the annual election the old officers whose terms had expired were all
re-elected without opposition, and later the secretary was re-elected by
the executive board for the coming year, so that no change whatever was
made in the management of the society. J. M. Underwood, being absent in
the south, was nevertheless re-elected by the board as its chairman for
the coming year.

A pleasant event of this gathering was the presentation of a handsome
gold watch and chain to the secretary, a memento in connection with the
termination of his twenty-fifth year as secretary of the society, which
expression of appreciation on the part of the members it may well be
believed was fully appreciated by the recipient.

The hall was brilliantly decorated with the national colors, which had
never been used before at any of our annual gatherings. What can be more