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away towards the eastern border of the State, stands only fourth, while Wash- 

 tenaw takes even the third place in the list of prolific orchardism. 



The " banner" county for orchard products was Berrien, and the following 

 list shows the product of a number of the most prolific counties : 



Berrien . .$561,641 



Lenawee... 363,828 



Washtenaw 209,650 



Oakland 205.804 



Jackson.:. 155,264 



Kent 141,847 



Wayne 139.793 



Van Buren . 135,910 



Hillsdale 133,346 



Monroe -. 110,021 



Cass 109,689 



In market gardening products, Wayne county produced nearly one-half the 

 Talue in the entire State : 



Wayne .$114,120 



Lenawee 35,195 



Allegan 12,581 



Kent 12,483 



Washtenaw 11,589 



Jackson 11,040 



Mr. Thompson said the main feature of these statistics was their incomplete- 

 ness. The reports do not give the amount of grapes raised ; though the num- 

 ber of gallons of wine is given, — which is 22,015 gallons for the whole State — 

 nor does it give the quantity or value of apples, peaches, pears, small fruits, 

 etc., but only the aggregate of all under the head "orchard products." Why 

 not report apples as well as potatoes ? Grapes as well as corn ? Let us try 

 and make the census of 1874 more complete and accurate. He thought that 

 proper attention to this subject would soon cause even our grave and reverend 

 legislators to no longer neglect this great interest, but lead them to foster and 

 encourage it. 



The paper was ordered printed with the proceedings of the society. 



On motion Messrs. Adams, Ramsdell and Knapp were appointed a committee 

 on programme and order of business. 



President Phillips, of the South Haven Local Society, in answer to a ques- 

 tion, stated that the shipments of peaches from a radius of five miles around 

 this point would exceed 30,000 baskets, of which A. S. Dyckman will ship fully 

 one-third from his own orchard. In answer to a question as to the price of 

 peach lands, he said there was plenty of good land, as good as any now under 

 cultivation, and within one and a half miles of the village, for $25 to $300 per 

 acre, the former price, of course, for wild lands, and the latter embracing 

 improvements of considerable value. 



A recess of twenty minutes was now taken. 



The Committee on Order of Business recommended an evening session at 

 Dyckman's Hull, and that the Thursday morning session be opened at 10 

 o'clock, when committees would be appointed on flowers, peaches, apples, pears, 

 grapes and vegetables. Remarks by fxhibitors would then be iu order till 

 noon ; and an inspection of orchards in the vicinity of the village would follow 



