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our thanks for their courtesies, and especially commend the beautiful vineyard 

 of Col. Wheaton ; that to Hon. Delos Phillips we tender our sincere thanks for 

 the use of the organ, the sweet tones of which have added so much to our 

 enjoyment; to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Evans, Miss Carrie J. Curtis, Wm. J. 

 Eaton, Mr. Eanney, and the organist, Mrs. Geo. Finley, we tender our thanks 

 for the delightful music with which they have favored us ; that to the sheriff 

 and board of supervisors of Kalamazoo county we hereby return our grateful 

 thanks for the use of the court house freely tendered by them; that to the pro- 

 prietors of the Detroit Free Press we are under special obligations for the 

 services of their able reporter and correspondent, Mr. Greusel; that to James 

 H. Stone, of the Kalamazoo Telegraph, we tender oar thanks for the full and 

 carefully prepared reports of our proceedings ; also to Mr. Emery, of the Prai- 

 rie Farmer, Chicago, and to Mr. E. F. Johnstone, of the Michigan Farmer, for 

 their reports ; we also thank the associated press for the full telegraphic 

 reports promulgated by them ; we acknowledge our indebtedness to the Chi- 

 cago & Michigan Lake Shore and to the South Haven & Kalamazoo Railroad 

 Companies for the courtesies extended by them to delegates attending the 

 convention. 



2d. That in accepting the resignation of Hon. S. L. Fuller, as Treasurer of 

 this Society, we express our deep regret at the necessity for doing so, and our 

 gratitude for the very valuable and faithful services rendered by Mr. Fuller 

 during the existence of the Society, a period of over three years, during which 

 time his eflForts have, in a great measure, secured the success of the Society, 

 and saved it from financial embarrassment. 



3d. That after a careful inspection of the fine elevations in the immediate 

 vicinity and surrounding Kalamazoo, we are convinced that there is no inland 

 town in Michigan more favored with territory suitable for fruit culture; that 

 in our opinion almost every description of fruit suitable for this latitude can 

 be successfully grown here, in close proximity to an excellent home market, and 

 with good shipping facilities to the best markets in the world. 



4th. That we commend to the earnest consideration of fruit-gowers the 

 importance of mixed husbandry in fruit culture as well as in ordinary farm 

 crops. The climate and soil of Michigan is sufficiently diversified to admit of 

 a wide range of fruit, and in following fruit-growing as a profession all fruit- 

 growers should take advantage of this diversity, so that the failure of one or 

 two crops in a season need never produce any wide-spread calamity, nor any 

 ruinous loss, or discouragement to individual fruit-growers. 



5th. We recommend a careful selection of varieties from the lists of fruits 

 published by the Society, each planter adapting his list to the peculiar circum- 

 stances of his own location, soil, and market. 



6th. That we commend to the consideration of other municipalities the 

 excellent regulation of Kalamazoo, which excludes from the streets and roads 

 all live stock running at large. The fruit and ornamental trees which form 

 so prominent a feature of the beauty of the most famous village of Michigan, 

 are preserved from destruction, and fences almost dispensed with, without 

 danger to the most valuable of orchards and vineyards. Parks and pleasure 

 grounds are all open to the public, and are driven through with impunity, and 

 the private pleasure drives enjoyed by all. 



By invitation of K. A. Smith, of the firm of Pendleton, Williams & Co., your 

 committee inspected the windmills furnished by them, and were particularly 

 interested in the Stover Automatic Engine, recently introduced here. By a 



