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In : ace of Presid 'i'.t Scott, cii.-ir - cal! -il fco preside. Mr. Ganzliorn reported for the coinniiti" ■ distases pf the peach. Alter giving a hlstory of the spread oí tile yelkrws in the peach belt on Lako Michigan, whlch destroyed whole orchards, he stated that the committee had detected the yellows in peach orehards in this vicrnlty and went to cor ding b have commissioners appotnted, to see to öhe destructlon of the trees iad by flhe yellows. The same law applies bo Bhe black knot in elierry and plum trees. A.8 the yellowa uppear ais,) in tlhe city limits. the Mayor and city attorney declined to co-operate witBi the committee and tJic commisskmers. Mr. B. .1. Conrad remarked that the eommissionera had a ï-ig'lit to extend their duties into tho city limits as the city waa tocated witfbin the township of Ann Arbor. J. 15. Oonrad, chairman of the committee on transportatioa, reported. He read correspondence with leadlng commission men of Detroit, which .-hiiwed that the society dld not need 111 ageat in Detroit to take charge o: the (ruit car. On The 27th oi Jnly, wjien a heavy shipment went .down to Detroit, Mr. Conrad took an evening train, siayed at the Griffin over night and was at the depot at 4 o'clock n. m., to Bee tiow Tlie Ann Arbor frnit car was disposed of. He iound the car in proper position. Tvo men, connected with tlie railroad appeared. They at once separated the different consignments and placed them in position for the commission men to take their berry epates away. ïhey handled our goods as carefully as che railroad men in Ann Arbor. The draya cáme and took away their consigiiments. D. O. Witey's man carne and took away his Iwrries. Did not ser him do any more. No one knew wlio Mr. ('onrad ivas. He was, therefore, satisficd that no special nu'ent was necessary. He also consult ed Mr. H. W, Hayes, ticket and irein-ht agent of the M. C. R. B. at Ann Arbor. who stated that the A. A. fruit car would reach Detroit early in The mornintr. unleea prevented by an accident: that only the railroad authorltiee could and dispose of the distribution of the goods. They might employ a dozen special ag-ents in Detroit. It would not mak" a partiële of dlfference. Mr. C. G. Orcutt presented bilis for special agent, by D. O. "fl'iley & Oo., W'hom he had employcd as an agent for Messrs. Schenk and 8chaefer. He also presented quite a telephone Mil. E. Baur objected to tlie payment of these bilis by the society. The time he speut last year and this year in collecting the dues of the shippers to the society for printing matter, and this special agent of D. O. Wili'y & Co., by publication in tlie newspapers, and ly correspondenee. made him ëick of any such bilis as presented. Every íruit grower uses the telephone more or less on his own responsibility. All tJie thanks he received f rom D. O. Wiley ft Co. for sending a dralt $22.50, ttius oollected, was the re! mu ni' $1.50 net proceeds for 12 baskets ai ctooice Glffard pears, eacb. basket ocmtaining a i'ull peck, whieh means, after deduction of cost for basket and cover. 5 1-2 mus per peck oí pears! Mr. Gaazhorn thou.nht the society as such, had nothlng to do with the payment oí these bilis. A resolution to have Mr. Oreutt's bilis referred to the committee on transportation, to report at next meeting, was carried. The feasibility oí aending a íruit car, during t;ie peach season, to 8t. Paul, was diacuesed. Mr. (■onrad reported thai 400 bushels are necessary to send a reírigerator car. WMch would leave liere on Monday and arrive al St. Paul on Wednesday. A commisslon man oí .St. Paul rote to hini that even apptes thcre, are eky nlgh. Most oí tiie large growers being absent, as usual, this matter had to lay over until neit season. Some thought Bostón or other eastern markets were better that the west. Mr. Eugene Frueauff reported that he saw last season, four peaches sold for one dollar in the Pblladelphia market. He is gure that they were Aun Arbor peaches. Washtenaw raises more peaches and other fine fruits every year, and the Detroit market is frequently glutted by shipments from Michigan, Ohio and even from western Xew York. A fruit exchange will finally beeomp a necessity, if lad packlng by growers and robbery by unscrupulous commisi-ion men shall be prevented. An honet packing of peaches was Btrongly recommended by Mr. Vt'. F. Eird. EMIL BAUR.