President H. T. Bigott read a paper upon "Theory and Practice," in which he said that so many of the ideas of professors and experimenters were mere theories, that they were of no use to practical men. We need more practical men in these positions, men who know what they are talking about. A unanimous vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Bigott, and it was ordered that his essay should be preserved in the archives of the society.

The question of insects and bugs was then taken up. Mr. Bigott found buckwheat and rye plowed under to-be a sure preventive of the ravages of the codlin moth. A. J. Betterman thought that plowing under sowed corn was better, as it had less acid in it than buckwheat and did not sour the land so much. Mr. Bigott said that buckwheat was best because a gas was generated by the rotting of the flowers which is fatal to all bug life. In regard to the failure of the peach crop, M. T. Pur-verse said that the hot winds of the first of last November had dried up the sap, so that buds could not set. Mr. Bigott said that this could not be true, for it is well known that at that time of year the sap is all in the roots. O. C. Smith said that the failure in his orchard was due to a cold and dry wind from the northeast early in March which dried up the pollen and killed it in the bud. He had always noticed that a failure follows a dry northeast March wind. U. C. Weathers said that the wind Mr. Smith referred to blew from the southeast. These winds are always blighting in this section because they contain so much alkali from the marshes about the lake.

Mr. Bigott was sure that the early spring winds were at the bottom of the mischief, but said that it was due to the drying up of the core or heart of the bud. Such buds would then produce leaves but no flowers. - Elvy Scribeb, Secretary.