deseret Agrical agricultural tural and manufacture ing society TO THE BISHOPS OF THE DIFFERENT WARDS IN THE TERRITORY OF UTAH BRETHREN T at a meeting of the president and directors of the deseree deseret agricultural and manu Mana manufacturing fact pring society in G S L city june 18 13 it was unanimously agreed that you with your counselors be invited to become members bembe of and act as agents for said society in your different districts and lay jay its object before those thosa over whom you preside taking the names and admission fee two dollars of those who wish to become ip embers members and forwarding the same to the treasurer cola col coi C little of this cit city I 1 ar for full particulars as to the objects to be I 1 attained and the benefit to be derived by the i organization of such a society and the list of premiums to be awarded to those who enter j the lists as competitors by becoming members I 1 refer you yoa to the columns of the deseret news yours respectfully GEO D WATT cor secy jely JULY 1 1856 certificates of membership wi will gli be forwarded to those who join the society G S L CITY july 21 1856 1836 7 pm present edward hunter president S M diar blair IV C staines and C 11 II oliphant directors recurs jesse C little G D watt and IL L campbell officers woodruff lyon and winder of the awarding committees minutes manutes of last meeting were ivere read and accepted e d at the corresponding secretary read draft of a aletter letter to the bishops desiria desiring thea them to become agents in their wards which was accepted mr staines reported that governor young readily consented to have the ploughing sloughing q hing match come off oa dahis his land south of this city cili 1111 the secretary read letters from lions J M bernhisel and marshall wilder i voted that the secretary keep a regular fife fide file of the deseret news for the benefit of the so go sol soi i clety commencing commencing with vol 6 voted that br lobas resignation be accepted adjourned to meet on wednesday evening ol 01 dinst R RL L CAMPBELL secretary after the adjournment of the D A and M society the members present of the 1 society took up the letter of president marshall r P wilder and in conformity therewith voted that mr C 11 II oliphant write the annual report of the fruits in this territory to the american society the sixth session of which will be held in rochester N Y commencing on the of september next voted that the committee on fruit write a re report ort on the pro progress ress of fruit culture in these valleys with a view view to stimulate the inhabitants of this territory DWARD EDWARD E HUNTER V pres prea for utah THE AMERICAN SOCIETY SIXTH SESSION in conformity with a resolution passed at the last meeting of this national association the sixth session will ivill be held in corinthian hall in the city of rochester new york commencing on wednesday the twenty fourth d dax day la of september next at 10 am and wll will I 1 continue for several days among the objects of this meeting are the followings t to bring together the most distinguished of our landa land and anti by a free interchange of experience to collect and diffuse such researches and discoveries as have been recently made in the science of I 1 to 0 o hear the reports of the various state committees and other district associations to revise and enlarge the Socie tys catalogue of fruits to assist in determining the synonym synonyms es by bi which the same fruit is known in america or europe to ascertain the relative value of different parts of our country what are suitable for particular localities what whal new nevi sorts give T promise romise of being worthy of dissemination and especially what are ad adapted re ted to general cultivation the tho remarkable remAr kabIe kable and gratifying progress which has been attained of late years in this branch of rural industry is in no small degree attributable to the establishment and salutary of horticultural and homolo societies it is therefore desirable that th at every state and territory of the union should be represented in this convention SQ that the advantages resulting from this meeting may be generally ene rally raily and widely diffused heid held as it will be at a convenient point between the eastern st states ates and the western easily accessible from the south and also from the canadas it is anticipated that the attendance will be larger than on any former occasion and the ben beneficial eff efi results to the american farmer and gardener increased all al horticultural agricultural and other ether kindred associations of the united states statis and of the british provinces are requested u ested to send such number of dele delegates ates as tl ahry lly ily may deem expedient and nurserymen nurseryman and all other persons persona interested in the cultivation of fruit are invited to be present and to participate in the deliberations of the convention corm corn enton 1 order to increase as much as possible the utility of the occasion and to facilitate business members and delegates 0 are requested to forward specimens of fruits grown in rk their re rei spec tive districts and esteemed worthy of notice also papers descriptive of their mode of cultivation of diseases and insects injurious to vec vee vegetation tation of remedies for the same and also to 10 communicate whatever may aid in promoting the objects of the meeting each contributor tri butor is requested to make out a complete list of his specimens and present the same with his fruits that a report of all the varieties entered may be submitted to the meeting as soon as practicable after its organization packages of fruits and communications may b be e addressed as follows for the american pom Pam society care of IV A reynolds egg esq chairman com corn of arrangements rochester N Y delegations will please forward certificates of OV their appointment either to the above or to the undersigned undersigner under signed at boston gentlemen desirous of becoming members of the society and of receiving its transactions may do so by remitting to the treasurer thomas P james esq philadelphia penn the admission fee of two dollars for biennial or twenty dollars for life membership MARSHALL P WILDER president IL 11 IV S CLEVELAND secretary BOSTON MASS march 15 1856 1836 BOSTON april 16 1856 edwand EDWARD HUNTER ESQ DEAR SIR sin your kind report on the fruits of utah was read before the he U S agricultural society at washington in january last and is published in our journal a copy of whick which which I 1 will forward by mail annexed please receive circular calling the next meeting of the american society of alich which you are vice president and chairman of committee on fruits for your territory Plea piea please selet let iet us have the honorof honor of your u r presence at our meeting but should anvik anything ing prevent send us your rei rep report ort yours with great regard 31 MARSHALL ARSHALL P WILDER P S I 1 am happy to learn that you are so assiduously at work and that success is to crown your efforts in the cause of alture in your regions region