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assigned, richly entitle them to hononible mention, and the gratefnl acknowl- 

 edgements of au appreciative commnnity. 



We now surrender the official management of the society into your hands, 

 with earnest wisiies for its future pros])erity. 



Respectfully submitted, 



FKANK LITTLE, Sec. 

 Kalamazoo, Mich., January 11, 1870. 

 The report of the secretary, as above, was, on motion, accepted and adopted. 



AWARD OF PREMIUMS ON PIELD CROPS. 



Statement of yield of clover seed from one acre. 



To the Executive Committee Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society: 



One year ago last spring I sowed 10 78-1000 acres of wheat ground with mammoth 

 clover seed, at the rate of five quarts per acre. The ground was dragged once as 

 soon as the seed was sowed. No stock was allowed to run on the young clover in the 

 fall or last spring. 



As soon as the young clover commenced to grow in the spring, plaster was sowed 

 at the rate of seventy-five or a hundred pounds per acre, and the clover left to make 

 all the growth it would, which was from four to six feet in length. 



About the time it was ready to head out, it lodged flat, continuing to grow, the 

 ends turned up about a foot, and Avent to seed. In August a platform reaper was put 

 into this field and the height adjusted so as to take oft' the seed and as little of the 

 stalk as possible, leaving the mass of clover straw upon the ground just as it grew, to 

 be immediately plowed for wheat. While cutting, the platform of the reaper was 

 allowed to fill and was then raked off" at the same place, so that when the field was cut 

 it presented a series of windrows across the field. When sufficiently dry, which was 

 the next day, wagons were driven along the rows and the seed pitched on, a bunch at 

 a time. In this way it was handled very rapidly. From this 10.078 acres there were 

 threshed 48 50-60 bushels, or 4 5-6 bushels per acre. 



WM, STRONG. 



The above statement was accompanied by the necessary affidavits, and the 

 premium was awarded to Mr. Strong for the best acre of clover seed. 



STATEMENT OF YIELD OP ONE ACRE OP CORN. 



To the officers of the Kalamazoo County Agricultural Society: 



This is to certify that I harvested 75 bushels of shelled corn from the acre of corn 

 entered for competition for premiums ofteredJby the society at their annual fciir of 

 1878. 



The soil was a deep prairie loam ; corn raised upon the same last year; no manure 

 was used this season; the land was plowed May 8th and fitted in tlie ordinary way; 

 planted May 10th to yellow Dent in hills four feet each way; cultivated three times, 

 twice in a row each way, and hoed once; was husked from the hill about the middle 

 of October, 1878. 



ALBERT LITTLE. 



The premium for best acre of corn was awarded to Mr. Albert Little. 



After disposing of the above reports, on motion the Society proceeded to the 

 election of President, Messrs. A. Cameron and E. R. Miller, acting as tellers. 

 The result of the informal ballot was, W. H. Cobb 36, scattering 5. On mo- 

 tion of Mr. Keasmith, Mr. Cobb was declared unanimously elected. Mr. Cobb 

 hoped the convention would elect some other person, as he did not wish the 

 office. He was, however, voted in without a dissenting voice. 



The Convention then proceeded to the election of Secretary, with the follow- 

 ing result: Frank Little 34, Malachi Cox 1, H. E. Iloyt "7, Wm. Strong 3. 

 Mr. Little was declared elected. Mr. Little hoped that he might be excused, 

 but there was not one willing to excuse him, and he was declared unanimously 

 elected. 



