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Follet, Antrim, Co. ; T. T. Lyon, Wayne Co. ; J. P. Barnes, Shiawassee Co. ; 

 W. J. Beal, Ingham Co. ; E.J. Shirts, Oceana Co. ; I. E. Ilgenfritz, Monroe Co, ; 

 Benjamin Newkirk, Jackson Co. ; W. S. Hubbell, Benzie Co. ; Hunter Savidge, 

 Ottawa Co. ; Geo. W. Towles, Berrien Co. ; Porter Beal, Lenawee Co. ; Judge 

 Pratt, Hillsdale Co. ; W. B. Sprague, Branch Co. ; Joseph Gridley, Eaton Co. ; 

 B. G. Buel, Cass Co.; J.Webster Childs, Washtenaw Co.; G.^ W. Phillips, 

 Macomb Co. ; C. F. Whitney, Mnskegoii Co. ; Ira H. Butterfield, Lapeer Co. ; 

 J. M. Davis, Genesee Co. ; James Satterlee, Montcalm Co. ; D. W. Wiley, Alle- 

 gan Co.; A. C. Prutzman, St. Joseph Co.; J. C. Davis, Oakland Co. 



T. T. Lyon, of Plymouth, was appointed a delegate to the Ohio Pomological 

 Society. Adjourned. 



EVENING SESSION. 



The evening session opened with a larger attendance than at any preceding 

 session, notwithstanding the serious impediments offered by a combination of 

 rain, mud and darkness. A large portion of those present were from the coun- 

 try, and many from considerable distance. Many of the town's people were 

 also present. 



The exercises of the evening received a joyous and spirited impulse, by such 

 music as only Battle Creek's favorite quartette, Mrs. Eva McAllister, Mr. W. F, 

 Keale, Mr. Brainard T. Skinner and Miss Ella Skinner, assisted by Prof. Cobb 

 at the organ, can produce, and they did "0 Italia" with such artistic grace 

 and harmonious effectiveness, that everybody seemed to wish that Pomology 

 might be made to extend its jurisdiction far enough to include the songs and 

 the singers as a part of the institution forever. 



The first business was the announcement of the committee to meet the 

 Executive Board of the State Agricultural Society on the 15th, and consult 

 with them in relation to the next fair, and also to negotiate an appropriation 

 from that Society toward the premium list of fruits and flowers. The follow- 

 ing were appointed : Henry Fralick, S. L. Fuller, A. S. Dyckman, J. P. Thomp- 

 son. Eev. Richmond Fisk, Jr., D. D., of Grand Eapids, repeated before the 

 Society his lecture on Colorado, its parks, climate, people, settlement, agricul- 

 ture, irrigation, etc., illustrating the same by a map and diagrams on the black- 

 board. It was very interesting in its character, delivered with much grace and 

 fervor, and frequently applauded. 



Prof. Cook gave an interesting and detailed account of the '^ peach borer," 

 its manner of operation, its fatal effect upon trees, and the means of its exter- 

 mination. 



Adjourned to the 4th inst. 



THIRD DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. 



MORNING SESSION. 



The Society assembled pursuant to adjournment. The visit to the public 

 school building having been set down by appointment with the School Board 

 for 10:30 A. M., no society business was taken up during the intervening half 



