FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. . 21 



value and have to be renewed; your Exchange membership will yearly 

 increase in value and become a permanent investment. 



It is absolutely necessary that we establisli the selling end of what 

 we produce on a sound basis, otlierwise, extinction. Now we are not 

 going to fail; we are not going to sell out; we are going to win. - 



MAKING MONEY OUT OF CHERRIES. 



E. O. LADD_, OLD INIISSION. 



The primary object of any fiuit growing enterprise conducted on a 

 commercial scale is making money. This, however, is not always the 

 only consideration as many people have a natural liking for some kind 

 of work and look at the business not only from a money-making stand- 

 jioint, but also as a means of recreation and enjoyment. Success along 

 any line of endeavor is often prized quite as much from the satisfaction 

 of having met and conquered the difficulties connected Avith it as from 

 the money returns. 



Gaining money is secondary to the wise use of it in supplying the 

 necessities and comforts of life, in promoting the general welfare of 

 tlie community and adding to tlie joy of living. 



The ''Fruit Belt" of Michigan has outgrown its narrow limits of fifty 

 years ago and our State is rajudly coming to be recognized as one of 

 the leading fruit growing states in the Union. The apple is perhaps 

 most widely distributed, but cherries may be successfully grown in many 

 parts of the State. Michigan, as we all know is peculiarly favored as 

 a fruit growing section on account of its close proximity to large bodies 

 of deep water. These have an influence on the climate tending to 

 modify the cold winter and the heat of summer. Here it is that on 

 favorable locations the more tender varieties of fruit, such as peaches 

 and sweet cherries may be grown to greatest perfection. 



SOIL AND LOCATION. 



The cherry delights in a deep, rich, sandy loam, Avell supplied with 

 humus and under a good state of cultivation. It should be sufficiently 

 elevated to furnish good natural conditions for both water and atmos- 

 pheric drainage. Some protection from prevailing winds and cold 

 storms is desirable. The cherry blossoms very early and is extremely 

 sensitive to cold during the early part of the blossoming season. An 

 eastern or southeastern slope has the advantage of the early morning 

 sun in drying off the fruit and foliage, as well as in furnishing some 

 I)rotectiou from the cold northwest storms. On almost every farm some 

 parts are better adai>ted to fruit growing than others. These most 

 favorable locations should be selected for the sweet cherries. 



