322 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



MICHIGAN STATE ASSOCIATION OF FARMERS' CLUBS. 



Secretary's OflQce, Clyde, Michigan. 



To the Secretary : 



The State Association of Farmers' Clubs would like to have the fol- 

 lowing questions answered in order to hare on file a correct and accurate 

 report of all clubs organized. 



It is therefore earnestly requested that you fill out the enclosed blank 

 and return as soon as possible to the office of the Secretary of the State 

 Association. 



Name of Club 



County 



President P. O 



Vice President P. O 



Secretary P. O 



Corresponding Secretary P. O 



When Organized 



Number of Members 



If there are any clubs recently organized in your vicinity, kindly send 

 us the name of a member or officer so that we may write them for full 

 report. 



Do not delay but please attend to it at once, and oblige, ' 



MRS. GEO. H. AUTEN, 

 Secretary of State- Association. 



A notice was also insei'ted in the Michigan Farmer, requesting the 

 secretary of newly organized clubs to report the same to the State Sec- 

 retary. The following is a brief report of the results up to date: 



Clubs in good standing and in thriving condition 127 



Clubs that have never been recorded 14 



Clubs disbanded 11 



Clubs not heard from to date 50 



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Total number of members reported : 8,750 



From these figures it is evident that the rural communities of Michi- 

 gan are truly in earnest in their endeavor to promote the welfare of 

 their brother workers and incidentally their own surroundings and con- 

 ditions, but earnest efforts properly guided and applied will accomplish 

 infinitely more than those effoi'ts, however earnest, which are allowed to 

 act at random. The steady, regular blows of the hammer upon the drill, 

 turned by the experienced miner penetrates the hardest rock. 



Likewise systematized and unified efforts will unite us closer together 

 and expand our field of operations. 



At the next convention I shall propose that a by-law be passed requir- 



