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Constitution of Micliisan Academy of Science 7 



By-Laws of Michigan Academy of Science 10 



Minutes of the eighth annual meeting 14 



List of papers presented at eighth annual meeting 19 



Articles published in this report: 



The Value of Scientific research to the State, V. C. Vaughan 22-34 



Determination of the Aberration Constant from the Zenith Distances of 



Polaris, Measured with the Walker Meridian Circle, by Asaph Hall, Jr. 35-88 



Note on the Expansion of Michigan, by M. S- W. Jefferson 88-91 



Animal Husbandry — Its Value as an Educational Factor, by J. J. 



Ferguson 92-95 



The Necessity and Possibilities for Crop Improvement in Michigan, by 



Geo. Severance 95-100 



What Shall the Michigan Farmer Grow for Fence Posts and Telegraph 



Poles, by W. J. Beal 100-104 



The Social Sciences and Agriculture, by K. L. Butterfleld 105 



The Future of the White Pino and Norway Pine in Michigan, by W. J. 



Beal 106-107 



Some of the Changes Now Taking Place in a Forest of Oak Openings, 



by W. J. Beal 107-108 



Wood Structure of Elms, Maples and Oaks as a Means of Identifying 



Species, by R. L. Brown 109-112 



Response of Roots to Chemical Stimuli, by Anna L. Rhodes 112 



A Preliminary List of the Saprophytic Fleshy Fungi Known to Occur 



in Michigan, by B. O. Longyear 113-124 



The Flora of the Vicinity of Manistee, Michigan, by Francis Potter 



Daniels 125-144 



Ecology of the Flora of Sturgis, Michigan, and Vicinity, by Francis 



Potter Daniels 145-159 



Douglass Houghton, by I. C. Russell 160-162 



Bela Hubbard, by I. C. Russell 163-165 



Magnetic Phenomena around deep borings, by A. C. Lane 166-167 



A Remarkable Dust Shower, by C. D. McLouth 168-173 



Width of Meander Belts, by M. S. W. Jefferson 174 



Work of the State Board of Health for the Restriction of Smallpox, by 



Wm. M. Force 175-188 



The Aeration of Milk, by C. E. Marshall 188-191 



Note on the Reptiles and Batrachians of Eaton* County, by Hubert 



L. Clark •. 192-194 



Notes on Metacrinus, by W. L. Sperry 195-199 



Habits of a Muskrat in Captivity, by L. J. Cole and H. C. Tooker 199-205 



Plans for a Biological Laboratory, by S. O. Mast 206-209 



List of Members of the Michigan Academy of Science 210-211 



