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and interest ou the part of the teachers and pupils and spoke -well for the j^mieral 

 interest in all that goes to make a community prosperous and intelligent. The farm- 

 ers in this part of the State think they are entitled to an experiment station and I 

 thinlv their ideas are sound. Many of the experiments made at the stations further 

 soutli do not apply with particular force to those localities further north, and tlioy 

 think that the State Board of Agriculture should locate a station in that vicinity 

 even at the expense of abandoning one in the south part of the State. I hope 

 their prayer when presented will be granted. 



As seen by the hurried visit in the counties mentioned, as well as by the study of 

 the reports made from these localities, I am convinced that a prosperous future is in 

 store for those farmers who will make the most of the opportunities at their com- 

 mand. No country in the world has the double or quadruple advantages in its 

 ores as the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Iron and copper, gold and silver will be 

 stable commodities as long as people live. The mines so long idle will in the course 

 of a short time be in full operation. Miners will have to be fed. A home market, 

 the best in the world, awaits the farmer here. One of the essential needs in these 

 localities is more stock of the proper sorts if they receive the care and attention 

 that that stock requires in any locality. 



Yours truly, 



WILLIAM BALL. 



