The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-02-10
State Association OF Agricultural So
c1otiea.

Tho State Association of Agricultural So
cieties OF Michigan, commenced its ninth
annual meeting at I,ongwell's Opera House,
on Tuesday evening.
The exercises were opened by piece of
music, entitled "The flag TINT waived an
hundred years" sang by Miss lisa Harrison,
Miss Eta Hopping, Mrs. Fred Bassett. and
Messrs. Koons and Free. The President. c.
A. Harrison, ESD, in few well directed re-
marks, briefly set forth the objects of the
association and bid the representatives from
other societies welcome. He also suggested
that ths subject, Trial of Speed" which
would come before the society, should be
brought before the meeting in the form of a
motion. Then Mr.. Frank Little, secretary
of the association, delivered the address of
the evening. The speaker, though confined
to bis manuscript almost wholly, spoke i'll a
forcible and energetic manner, and his adj
dress contained many valuable thoughts and
suggestion TO those engaged III agriculture.
No mesger synopsis, which We were able TO
obtain. could give our readers an adequate
idea 81 what il contained, and to Ice appre-
ciated, II should have been listened 10 or read
III full. He said there were G5 agricultural
associations ia this State TINT held annual
exhibition, and ont of that number only five
had complied with the statute which required
q complete statement of its affairs to- be
filed with tho Secretary of State, and Van
speaker advocated the establishment OF an
agricultural bureau which should bc made IL
part of the State government, and to which
all matters pertaining to agriculture should
be referred. An attempt had been made to
obtain complete statistics from every agri-
cultural society in the State of their finan-
cial condition, etc, but the most of them
had been as shy of showing their true condi-
ton, as capitalist il Of Supervisor EN-
gagged in making tax roll. He disapproved
the methods frequently resorted to by agri-
cultural societies 'to draw" which often had
an immoral effect npon society, neither would
he make them missionary societies. Al
though the people we're fast finding out that
those in need OF missionary, were not in
habitants Of distant eastern countries or
Patagonia.
Drifting vith the tide" Was sung 10y the
choir.
Y. Il. Baker, of Lansing, was then called
upon by the President, who said his exper-
ience with agricultural societies had taught
him that you must, in order to make the
society a success, make the kind Of show
which the people demanded. If they wanted
trotting, give il 70 them, or if some Of them
would like Ia SEQ horse run little, be
would like to sec 1t himself. Since they had
Got out of some of the old fogy notions of
those who controlled their society, they had
raised their receipts at their fair, from ST.
200 TO $1,000. All persons, though not dele
gates, were allowed to take part in the dis
cussiors OF the association. .
The following agricultural societies were
represented: 3Iont Calm Go. agrl society,
II. II. Kinds Gratiout Go. sgr1 society, Mr..
and Mrs. Silas Moody; Cass Go. agr1 society,
n. 4. Eaad, b. F. Beeson and NJ. J. Gard !;
Paw Paw, David Woodman I'd, G.. ID. Boyce
and q. A. Harrison; Yolinia farmers club, L.
Il. Lawrence, T. G.. Buell. and A. Is. Copley;
Allecln Go. Union agrl society, Thomas
Shepherd; Berrien Co agrl society, s. c.
Thompson and w. Il. Davis; Central Mich.
agr1 society, Lansing, J. n. Smith and Il. b.
Baker; State Horticultural Society, &. ID.
Lawton, of Lawton; SchoolcEaft agrl society,
G.. g. Fankboner and w. G. Knights; Allegan
Go. agr1 society, Hiram Bailey kalamazoo
agrl society, G. F.. Morrison and F. Little.
WEDNESDAY.
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