566 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



1874. EXPENDITTJKES. 



Nov. 15. To loan of life membership fund on bond and mortgage at 10 per cent.. $500 GO 



" To loan of life membership fund on call at lOpercent.' 200 00 



To paid secretary.. 820 00 



" To paid orchard premiums 110 00 



" To paid expenses orchard committee 82 84 



To paid premiums for 1872 and 1873. 3J 50 



" To expenses treasurer at Adrian, at State fair, at Spring Lake, etc 35 08 



" To expenses executive committee 30 50 



" To James Cox, clerk at fair 30 00 



To Webster, clerk at fair 19 50 



" To B. B. Rice, deputy superintendent at State fair 18 00 



" To W. S. George & Co. for strawberry cuts for reports 15 50 



" To John J. Thomas of Union Springs, N. Y., expenses at Adrian meeting 25 10 



" To G. M. Hasty, deputy secretary of State, for boxes for reports 36 72 



" To express on books received and exchanged 11 65 



" To expense secretary — postage, express, freight, telegraphing, attending 



Michigan State fair, making annual report, etc 80 00 



" To expenses C. J. Dietrich, deputy secretary at Adrian meeting 13 00 



" To printing. Waters & Lee, Spring Lake meeting 21 00 



" To sundry expenses at State fair, — recording mortgage, freight, printing, 



badges, wrapping paper, twine, etc 26 54 



Total loans and expenditures from Feb. 1 to Nov. 15, 1874 81,607 93 



RKCAPITtTLATION. 



Total receipts from February 1 to- November 1, 1874 §1,586 97 



Total expenditures from February 1 to November 15, 1874 1,607 93 



Overdrawn and due treasurer S20 96 



THE PATirE]S"T OF PREMIUMS. 



The amount of $1,200 was given the society by the State Agricultural So- 

 ciety for premiums. The Pomological Society exhibited in union with the 

 State Agricultural Society, and the latter society received all moneys at the 

 gates and paid the premiums. These premiums were paid by checks drawn 

 by Secretary Thompson on A. J. Dean, treasurer of the State Agricultural 

 Society, who paid them on presentation and at sight. The checks were drawn 

 on Saturday, the last day of the State fair, and the exhibitors were greatly 

 pleased at the promptitude of payment by Treasurer Dean. This system of 

 paying premiums worked well and to the entire satisfaction of exhibitors, 

 many of whom received their money on the spot. The amount of checks so 

 drawn was $1,198.50. 



THE LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND. 



It has been a subject of profound thought with the friends of horticulture 

 in Michigan how to establish this interest on a permanent and enduring basis. 

 This interest, one of the great industries of the State, representing millions of 

 dollars in orchards, vineyards, gardens, nurseries and ornamental grounds, 

 must have its State and local societies, its exhibitions, fairs, libraries, periodi- 

 cals and annual reports. To provide all these, the necessary funds have to be 

 raised, and prizes and premiums must be given for the best varieties and culti- 

 vation. 



But it should be recollected that a society of this kind, representing one 

 branch or specialty of a general system of agriculture, is very likely to be of 

 an ephemeral character unless it provides funds wherewith to sustain itself in 

 years of panic, lukewarmness, or disaster. With this view the executive com- 



