Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1875-11-20
STATE AGRICULTURAL REPORTS FOR
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STATE AGRICULTURAL REPORTS FOE,
The 18th annual report of the Secre.
tary of the Michigan State Board of Ag-
riculture for the years of 1874 is now
| published. 1t contains not only the pro-
ceedings of the Board but also the
doings of the State Agricultural Societies,
besides meteorological report. The
agricultural college statistics are very
fully given, but all these facts have here
tofore appeared in our columns, in reg
ular reports of college news or in an alb
stract of the catalogue and finances of
the Institution. President Abbot's adj
dress before the Legislature last March
on agricultural education occupies 20
pages of small type. This was published
in the Republican at the time OF deliv-
cry. Next is given Prof. R. &C. Kedzie's
address before the same body last March
on "The relations of chemistry to agri-
culture and public health" This lecture
is both interesting and useful.
President AbbOt's address on ''Manual
labor was delivered buta few weeks ago,
and is short andlsweet. 1t was famil-
lar address to the students, setting forth
the disciplining and refining influence
of manual labor coupled with education
and forethonght. Every sentence is a
maxim.
Next we come TO one of the best things
of the kind ever contained i'm an agricul-
ttiral report, namely, an illustrated pa
per, by Prof. A. J.. Cook, Oh insects in
jurous to the farm, garden and orchard,
occupying As pages and containing II
engravlngs, with an average of three or
four figures to each engraving. The ap-
pearance and habits of nearly all nox-
ions insects are so well illustrated and
described that every farmer who can read
at all can fully post himself with very
little trouble. The last half of the book
(pages I53 to 1927 is occupied by the re-
ports of the state and county agricultrl-
raj societies, and Of these our Ingham
county club furnishes the most valuable
papers. They are the following: The
business of the board of trade, by n. A.
Dunning; Breeding and improvement of
horses, by G. w. Sherman; Poultry-rais-
ing, by o. f. Miller; Country homes, by
L. H. Ives; Intelligence the foundation
and support of agricultural prosperity, by
o. M. Barnes; The culture of roots, by
Henry A. Hawley; Practical bee-keep-
ing, by Emmett Fuller; Injurious insects.
by w. A. Rowe; Short-horns and i'm
proved stock, by A. f. Wood; The cul-
tivation of wheat, by r. j. Bullen; Nox-
ious weeds, by D. l.. Cady; Agricultural
fairs, by Miss Flora Wood; Addres by r.
E. Trowbridge; and an account of a visit
made by the club to the Chandler farm.
The report of this visit is as spicy as the
dinner the members enjoyed at Mr..
Trowbridge's, and all the other papers
are as full of instruction as Textbooks.
The meteorological report is very COM
plete. 1t gives the amount of rain and
snow, percentage of cloudiness and kind
of clouds, the temperature, the proper
ton of ozone in the atmosphere, height
of barometer, direction of the wind. the
pressure of vapor, and the relative hui
nudity for each day in the year.
Agricultural reports generally lie on
dusty shelves, more neglected than any
other books but this is not the fault OF
the Jealous philanthropists who make the
reports. Not quite all the people are
swine before whom these pearls are cast.
Republican.