This section is from the book "The Gardener's Monthly And Horticulturist V28", by Thomas Meehan. See also: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long.
The meeting at Washington was a great success. Some three hundred members were in attendance. Col. Colman's address of welcome was warmly applauded. The officers for next year are C. L. Watrous of Iowa, President; M. A. Hunt of Illinois, 1st Vice President; D. Wilmot-Scott of Galena, Secretary, and A. R. Whitney of Franklin Grove, Treasurer. As we go to press before the conclusion of the meeting, we are unable to give more than that next place of meeting is Chicago; or any proceedings, except that a resolution asking congress for legislation looking to the suppression of oleomargarine was adopted.
 
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