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Eatou County — Eaton Rapids, commercial organization. 

 Mason County — Scottville, commercial organization. 

 Manistee County — Manistee, business men's noon luncheon. 

 Mecosta County — Big Rapids, group of bankers. 



Participated in formal conferences as follows : 



Branch County — Coldwater, Committee Milk Producers' Associa- 

 tion. 

 Coldwater, Branch County Cabbage Growers' Association. 



Ingham County — Lansing, Michigan Agricultural Development As- 

 sociation. 



Manistee Count}' — Bear Lake, Northern Michigan Agricultural Con- 

 gress. 



Many informal conferences were held with W. B. Liverance, manager, 

 Michigan Cooperative Association of Creameries, Grand Rapids, Kent 

 county; H. D. Wendt, dairy division, Michigan Dairy and Food De- 

 partment, Lansing, Ingham county, and Hon. James N. McBride, Michi- 

 gan Director of Markets, East Lansing, Ingham county. 



A considerable amount of committee work was done in connection 

 with the different meetings attended and an extensive correspondence 

 was carried on with persons in all parts of the state. 



JAMES N. MCBRIDE, 

 Michigan Director of Markets. 



R. H. Elsworth_, Assistant. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



