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originated by C. Engle of Paw Paw, and six seedling grapes from C. P. 

 Chidester of Battle Creek. 



The models were made at South Haven by Mrs. Stanley Potter (now of 

 Farina, 111.) who was granted a medal for the excellence of her work. The 

 specimens used as models were carefully selected by some one at the 

 college or by that well known pomologist, Hon. T. T. Lyon, and as most 

 of the pieces were made in moulds from these, they are in size and shape 

 excellent types of the varieties they represent. The coloring was so well 

 done that they are very natural in appearance, even the bloom on the 

 plums and grapes being present, and many persons who saw them did not 

 suspect that they were wax until they noticed the sign. 



By the use of these models it was possible to show during the entire 

 exposition, correct representations of Michigan grown fruits and vegeta- 

 bles, many of which, such as peaches and strawberries, it was not possible 

 to show in a fresh state for more than two weeks, even were the utmost 

 pains taken to keep them renewed. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. 



In the college exhibit the entomological department devoted the most of 

 its space to cases of insects that were collectecl, named and labeled by seven 

 different young men while students in the college. The largest of the seven 

 collections occupied seventeen of the 56 cases and contained nearly 2,000 

 species of insects; the smallest filled three cases with about 300 species. 

 The object of the collection was to show the method pursued in mounting 

 and preparing collections by the students in their class work and by the 

 size of the collections to show interest and zeal many of them manifest in 

 doing so. The collection made a showy and attractive exhibit and was 

 unique in that there was no other insect exhibit like it at the fair. 



On either side above these cases of insects hung a frame containing cab- 

 inets of M. A. C. graduates who are at present interested in entomology or 

 apiculture and have done special work in these branches. Among the 

 older classmen comes Prof. Cook and Pres. Clute of our own college, Dr. 

 Weed of the New Hampshire University, Prof. Gillette of the Colorado 

 Agricultural College, Frank Benton of the Department at Washington and 

 Prof. Bessey of the Nebraska University. Of the later graduates, A. B. 

 Cordley of the Department at Washington, Prof. Hillman of the Nevada 

 State University, Prof. Mayo of Kansas Agricultural College, C. B. Cook 

 of Owosso, G. C. Davis at the M. A. C, H. E. AVeed of the Mississippi 

 Station, Prof. Aldrich of the Idaho State University and Prof. Niswander 

 of AVyoming Agricultural College, form the second group. 



At the side of the insect cases were several bottles of diluted and undi- 

 luted kerosene emulsion of both the Cook and Riley formuhv, showing by 

 comparison the merits and demerits of the two as an insecticide. 



In the Michigan forestry exhibit the entomological department placed 

 nineteen cases of our most common and destructive insects on exhibit. 

 Where the insects were not at hand, illustrations of the insects in the dif- 

 ferent stages of development were freely used and added much to the com- 

 pleteness of the list of forest insects. The collection also had a very 

 complete system of labels so that the kind of tree on which it feeds and 

 the part of the tree injured by it could be seen at a glance. 



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