ANNUAL REPORT 



OF THE 



MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY FOR 1853. 



Office of the Michigan Statb Agricultural Society, ) 

 Detroit, June 20th, 1854. J" 



To the Secretary of State: 



Sir — In accordance with an act of the Legislature, approved April 

 Vth, 1851, I have the honor herewith to transmit to you the Fifth An- 

 nual Report of the Michigan State Agricultural Society. 



In presenting the report of the Michigan State Agricultural Society, 

 for the year 1853, allow me to say that the Society has for its object 

 the dissemination of knowledge, and the advancement of our agricul- 

 tural interests, and of every branch of business that will add to the 

 general prosperity of the State ; and that its influence is extensively felt 

 and acknowledged. 



At no previous date in her history has Michigan been so prosperous, 

 or her prospects so fair, for speedily becoming one of the first States in 

 the Union, as the present. Her natural resources for farming, lumbering 

 and mining, are not excelled by any other State. 



Our population is rapidly increasing with an intelligent and energetic 

 class of people, who appreciate the value of our soil and climate for 

 farming purposes ; our Pine, Cherry, Oak, Blackwalnut, White Wood, 

 and other timber, for lumbering; our mineral wealth, in Copper, Iron 



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