516 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



VICE PRESIDENTS 

 DR. C. J. MARSHALL, Harrisbuig 

 M. P. SHOEMAKER, Greensburg 



SECRETARY 

 E. S. BAYARD, Pittsburg 



TREASURER 

 J. F. LANTZ, West Chester 



TRANSPORTATION 



T. D. HARMAN 



D. CHESTER MORRIS 



F. W. LEOIS 



JOHN W. OAKEY 



M. E. HEBER 



W. C. BLACK 



STATE FAIR 



W. W. BLAKE ARKCOLL 



E. S. BAYARD 



JAMES BLAIR 



JOB JENDERSON 



DR. C. W. GAY 



HON. VANCE McCORMICK 



JAMES E. DODGE 



MICHIGAN METHODS OF LIVESTOCK IMPKOVEMENT BY 



A SYSTEM OF UP-GRADING 



By W. F. RA^'EX, East Lansing Michigan. 



Michigan occupies a unique position in the galaxy of states in 

 regard to its livestock industry, and some interesting features are 

 presented in a brief review of the history of the development of that 

 industry in the State. It has not been as rapid as in some of the 

 states to the westward which went into the livestock business a 

 few decades later, and which have now far outstripped us in the 

 number of cattle. But the natural conditions, as the pioneer found 

 them in Michigan, were not suited to the rapid development of the 



