and Coal ; with our facilities for getting out, and transporting these to 

 any desirable market. 



It has been my endeavor to collect and condense into as narrow 

 limits as possible, and present in the following pages, such information 

 respecting our resources as the people are seeking for, and the Con- 

 stitution of the Society makes it incumbent upon me to give. Yet, I 

 am fully aware that I have fallen far short of giving a full statement 

 especting the salubrity of our climate, the natural fertility of our soil, 

 our rich mineral deposits or our means of transportation by water, as 

 well as by rail, plank, and other roads. 



The Agricultural Society has had a happy influence upon the agri- 

 cultural interests of the State. It has given an impetus to a worthy 

 desire among farmei-s, to excel in the cultivation of the soil and the 

 raising of stock. There are now in this State many superior specimens 

 of improved breeds of horses, neat cattle, sheep, swine and poultry. 

 Indeed, Michigan is becoming proverbial for her fine stock, as well as 

 for her wheat and other crops. Michigan is a peninsula of latent 

 wealth, cropping out and inviting men to come and assist in developing 

 it. 



We have a profusion of iron, copper, silver, coal, Hme, plaster, salt 

 and timber; a healthy chmate, pure water and a generous soil. We 

 think we possess much that is inviting to the industrious, and but little 

 that can be repulsive to any but the indolent and vicious. Activity, 

 energy, and good will are the order of the day in Michigan ; consequent- 

 ly, neither indolence or vice can flourish here. 



With these remarks I refer you to the following pages : 



Very respectfully, 



J. C. HOLMES, 

 Sec'y Mick. State Agl Society. 



