TPIE TRANSACTIONS 



OF THE 



MICHIGAN WOOL GROWERS AND SHEEP 

 BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION 



FOR THE YEARS 1878, 1879 AND 1880, FROM ITS ORGANIZATION 



TO THE CLOSE OF THE CON VE ACTION HELD AT 



LANSING, FEBRUARY 10, 1880. 



LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY. 



Detroit, Jilay 29, ISSO. 

 E. G. Baird, Esq., Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of Michigan: 



Dear Sir, — I herewith transmit to you the proceedings and transactions of the 

 Michigan State "Wool Growers' and Sheep Breeders' Association, since its organiza- 

 tion at Lansing, January 30, 1878, to the close of the Convention held at Lansing 

 February 10, 1880. During this time the association has developed some strength, 

 and promises to be a permanent organization which will prove a great aid in the 

 development of all that department of Agriculture \vhich includes the growing of 

 wool, and the breeding of sheep, and one in which ^Michigan is most deeply interested 

 as an industry that has grown as fast as her lands have become fit for cultivation. 

 With my most sincere respects, I am yours truly, 



R. F. JOHNSTONE, 



Secj-etary. 

 53 



