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Governor Croswcll and others in authority, I believe, gave assurances to 

 President Lyon that all that could be done for us should bo, and repeatedly the 

 Governor Inis said to me tliat we should be rcnieinbcred in some way. I give 

 iu full the following letter from the Governor in answer to a final inquiry from 

 me regarding our jM-ospects : 



Adrian, Nov. 9th, 1S77. 

 Charles W. Garfield, Esq., Grand Hapids, Michigan: 



My dear sir— I have yours of the 2cl inst. Room in the new capitol w^as assigned 

 for the use of the State Board of Agriculture, togetlier with the State Agricultural 

 Society and the State Pouiological Society jointly. It was recently suggested that 

 these societies would probably have no use for this room, and that it be given up for 

 other ollices. I felt, however", tliat it should be preserved for such purpose, and that 

 it would and could be used to advantage. I am glad that you manifest an interest iu 

 the riKitter. I suggested to the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture that the 

 room should be fitted up, and might be made very attractive with specimens of agri- 

 cultural products, and sketclies, designs, and models of implements of husbandry, also 

 of improved fariu-liouscs, barns and other appliances for carrying on the work of the 

 husbandman. Agriculture is one of the most important, if not the most important 

 interest in the State, and it certainly ought to be represented iu the capitol iu a 

 prominent and desirable place. 



Yours very trulv, 



CHARLES M. CROSWELL. 



We should have a permanent location where we can deposit our nucleus of a 

 library, and where we can preserve, iu some quantity, the numbers of our own 

 reports as they are issued from year to year. 



OUK LIBEAEY. 



It will be seen from what I huve already remarked that some of our back 

 volumes collected have gone in exchange for reports of other States and socie- 

 ties, so that from almost nothing in this line we have grown to a library 

 containing the following reports : 



Volumes. 



Maine Board of Agriculture 13 



Maine Horticultural Society - -- - 4 



Massachusetts Board of Agriculture - - 1 



Vermont Board of Agriculture .- -- 1 



Connecticut Board of Agriculture 3 



AVisconsin Agricultural Society — - 13 



Wisconsin Horticultural Society .^ - 4 



Hlinois Board of Agriculture - - G 



Illinois Horticultural Society - - 9 



Indiana Board of Aa'riculture - 7 



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Indiana Horticultural Society - - G 



Ohio Board of Agriculture - - - - - 15 



Iowa Board of Agriculture - - 1 



Iowa Horticultural Society 1 



Ontario Fruit Growers' Association 3 



Total gathered this year - - 87 



Miscellaneous volumes from Secretary Thompson — 26 



Total library of the Society 113 



This is not very large, to be sure, but is worth preserving, and if we had some 



