THE ANNUAL MEETING. 19T 



/ — Anti-cyclone. It is the reverse of the cyclone. It is an area of high pres- 

 sure, with centrifugal winds, and brings clearer and cooler weather. From the 

 anti-cyclones we receive many of our cold gales. They are more inclined to 

 remain stationary than the cyclones, and when they stand over the plains of 

 the west there is nothing to intercept their winds from us and we may have one 

 or more days of cold, high winds which blow steadily from some point between 

 northwest and southwest. "When they pass us as they travel eastward, the suc- 

 cession of winds is like that given by diagram (1). 



III. GENEKAL WINDS. 



g — The trade-wind frequently prevails in the Atlantic states, but seldom 

 reaches Michigan. When it does so it is a light and cold wind from north to 

 northeast, continuing several days and accompanied by a moderately high and 

 steady pressure. It has been observed by the writer only in the winter. 



h — The anti-trades pass over the tropics at a considerable elevation, and be- 

 gin to be deflected to the surface at about our latitude. Doubtless the well- 

 known predominance with us of westerly winds is due to these in part, but the 

 cyclones and anti-cyclones must furnish the greater part of these winds, and it 

 is not easy to distinguish the latter from the anti-trades. The anti-trades 

 should be cold because they come from a cold region of the atmosphere, and 

 they should usually be accompanied by clouds caused by their cooling of the 

 air into which they penetrate. 



Following Prof. Harrington, Mrs. McEeynolds addressed the convention 

 upon the subject of "the Origin and Advantages of Association." The paper 

 was an exhaustive treatise upon the topic, but as it does not pertain to the 

 especial objects of our society work is not published in these transactions, 



Mr. James Satterlee of Greenville, as member of a committee to visit the 

 Agricultural College, in connection with the executive committee of the State 

 Agricultural Society, and in acceptance of an invitation from the State Board 

 of Agriculture, read the following paper as a report, to which we give the 

 title : 



OUR TRIP TO THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



The 10th of June, 1880, will always be a red-letter day in the memories of 

 the members of the executive committee of the Michigan State Horticultural 

 Society. An invitation to visit the college had been extended by the State 

 Board of Agriculture to this committee, to the executive committee of the 

 State Agricultural Society, and that of the State Grange. The invitation was 

 cheerfully accepted, and early on the morning of the 10th the various com- 

 mittees found themselves on their way from the capital city to the college. 

 The three miles were quickly passed. The season of the year was most delight- 

 ful. Nature had donned her freshest garb. The emerald hues of the forests 

 seemed to vie with those of the well tilled fields and orchards on either side 

 to gladden our eyes and fill our souls with delight as we passed along. The 

 first entrance to the college grounds is by the side of the Ked Cedar River, 

 where it leaves the grounds on its way to join the Grand River a few miles 

 below. 



As we went up from this entrance along the north bank of the river on to 

 the high ground near the president's house, a scene of rare beauty was presented. 

 We seem to be looking out upon and across a natural park, with here and 



