REPORTS FROM COUNTY AGRICULTURAL 



SOCIETIES. 



SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF ASSOCIATION OF AGRICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETIES OF MICHIGAN, AT LANSING, 

 JANUARY 15, 1879. 



The sixtli annual Convention of the Association of Asfricultural Societies of 

 Michigan, was held at the city of Lansing on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri- 

 day, January 15, 10 and 17, 1879. 



Convention opened at the city council rooms, Wednesday evening, at 8 P. 

 M. The following is a list of the 



DELEGATES IN ATTENDANCE. 



Calhoun— (}. W. Briggs, S. T. DeFovrest, G. S. Woolsey. 



Eaton — F. L. Keed, tietli Ketchum. 



Genesee — S. R. Billings, D. Ilorton. 



Hillsdale— Alex. Hewitt. 



Ingham— A. F. Wood, G. W, Bristol. 



Jackson — A. M. Tinker. 



Kent— M. B, Hines. ' 



Ealamazoo— W. H. Cobb, Frank Little. 



Lenawee — S. B.Mann. 



Lapeer— Ira H. Butterfield. 



Mason — Chauncey Gibbs. 



Muskegon — C. L. Whitney. 



St. Joseph— D. D. Antes. 



Van Buren — David Woodman, A. C. Glidden. 



Washtenaw — Chas. H. Richmond, James B. Vanatta, Sampson Parker, A. T. Case, 

 J. J. Robinson. 



Agricultural College — R. G. Baird, Secretary. 



Central Michigan Society — O. I!il. Barnes, Ben B. Baker, L. B. Potter, George 

 Thomas, J. N. Smith, F. Danforth. 



Central Society at Hubbardston— A, T. Sessions, 



Nortli Berrien and M.L. S. Society — James F. Higlibee. 



Plainwell Society — G. Batchelor. 



State Pomological society — C. W, Garfield. 



State Agricultural Society— J. Webster Childs, Wm. H. Cobb, D. W. Howard. 



Mr. A. C. Glidden, of Paw Paw, President of the Association, delivered the 

 following opening address : 



Gentlemen of the Agricultuual Societies of Michigan:— It seems appropri- 

 ate that ouce in each year tlie several Agricultural Societies of the State should send 

 their representatives to a general convention, to compare i-csults and to unite in rec- 

 ommending what appears, from the experience of the members, to be the most prac- 

 tical method of conducting county fairs. 



The acknowledged intelligence of our agriculture, the variety of the products and 

 their uniformity throughout the State, render a uniform system of conilucting fairs 

 possible and very desirable. No individual or corporation has the moral right to 

 any exclusive wisdom. The best good of each is the proper method for all to adopt. 



