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OCEANA COUNTY HOKTICULTUllAL SOCIETY. 



KEPORTED BY W. J. CANFIELD, SECRETARY. 



President — C. A. Sessions, Sammons' Landing. 



Vice President — L. M. Hartwick, Pentwater. 



Secretary and Treasurer — W. J. Canfield, Pentwater. 



Librarian — Wm. Hudson, Pentwater. 



Executive Board — A. E. Sauter, Seth Darling, A. Brillhart, A. C. White, H. 

 C. Lockwood. 



The work of our society for the past year has been one of success, and cannot 

 fail to be of great advantage to the horticultural interests of this section of the 

 State. Our list of members has been larger than in any previous year of our 

 existence, and the interest manifested the past year indicates an assured success 

 lor our society in the future. 



The winter, spring, and early summer meetings, were each and all well 

 attended by the members of our society, and largely by citizens of the villages 

 in the different parts of the county where monthly meetings were held ; the 

 addresses delivered, the essays and papers read were highly interesting and 

 instructive. The discussions of these papers by members of the society after 

 their presentation brought out the individual opinions of the members of the 

 society, showing thought and study, and certainly must produce good results 

 to all. The impromptu discussion of subjects for the different seasons — tree 

 planting, fighting the curculio and other insect pests; the care of winter fruit, 

 etc., — giving as it does the individual success and failure of the different mem- 

 bers, is one of the best features of our meetings. 



The meeting of the State Horticultural Society at Pentwater, by invitation 

 of our society, was the event of the past year. That that meeting was a success, 

 all who attended, and especially those who participated in its deliberations and 

 discussions, we have heard but one opinion expressed, either by members of our 

 our own society or by members of the parent society, and visitors from abroad. 

 [For report of this meeting see another page of this volume.] 



Our society made exhibits at the State fair, and also at the fair at Grand 

 Kapids; the exhibits made and the premiums received were very flattering to 

 this section of the State. 



After the June meeting our monthly meetings were practically abandoned 

 during the fall owing to the busy season, but were resumed in the the autumn 

 and there seems no abatement in the interest of our members, which is a good 

 omen for our future success as a county society. 



