22G STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



soil of wliicli tliore is so iimcli. Tlicy have selected typical land, cleared 

 it, plowed it and planted it, keeping careful record of the cost and all of 

 their results, in an endeavor to show the world that there are thousands 

 of acres of land in northern Michigan which can be made valuable agri- 

 culturally. 



The water power interests of Michigan continue to develop and many 

 possibilities and probabilities are as yet untouched. The short, quick 

 and even flowing streams of northern Michigan running both east and 

 west into Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, have great hydro-electric pos- 

 sibilities. Many of the princi])al rivers are already highly developed and 

 in the development work the Weather Bureau records are of the great- 

 est value. 



Numberless railroad freight claims are adjusted by the help of the 

 Weather Bureau records. Eainfall, temperature and wind direction rec- 

 ords are in constant demand in various civil court proceedings ranging 

 from leaky roofs to murder. Our printed reports are asked for by many 

 outside interests who are contemplating some business connections in 

 Michigan. 



The weekly weather and crop statements issued from this oflSce are 

 widely sought for and afford to the farmer a reliable source of informa- 

 tion regarding crop conditions in all sections of the State. I think this 

 information is of more value to the farmer than the average man of the 

 country realizes. He is raising crops to sell and general information 

 about crops similar to his own, not only in other parts of the State, but 

 in other parts of the country, should help him as to the time of market- 

 ing his own. 



C. F. SCHNEIDER, 



Meteorologist. 



Dated at Grand Rapids, Mich.. June 30, 1910. 



