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and farms, and that we recommend to the execuMve committee of this society that 

 it talvc action for this pnrpose; also that we invite local societies to do the same. 



Prof. Whitney from tlio committee on resolutions offered the following 

 statement and resolution which received the unanimous vote of the house : 



Not a decade since, this the Michigan State Pomological Society became a legal 

 organization by the decree of the State Legislature. To it was granted certain 

 powers and means of operating, and disseminating knowledge — enough for the time, 

 but its growth has not only kept pace with tlie advance of the age but has even ex- 

 ceeded it in some respects. 



Six thousand copies of its annual reports were once enough, but with doubled popu- 

 lation and a more greatly increased interest in fruit culture, the demand for the 

 reports is far greater than the supply. Therefore 



Besnlved, That we would earnestly ask the attention of our Senate and House of 

 Representatives to the wants of the people and petition them to favorably consider 

 the bills introduced yesterday to increase the number of the publication. 



After the adoption of appropriate resolutions of gratitude the society ad- 

 journed sine die. 



