MICHIGAN" STATE POMOLOGTCAL SOCIETY. 435 



Shall be in south part of State in two weeks, and might pos- 

 sibly attend the November meeting, if I knew the day. 



Will send you with this mail, a " Grand Traverse Herald," on 

 first page of which you will see some ideas on the subject of 

 fertilization. 



It is not pleasant to differ with the host of men who try to 

 doctor agriculture. I felt compelled to do it, we get such a 

 sea of bosh from men who get all their knowledge in the 

 office. 



Whatever truth there may be, theoretically, in the hobby of 

 restoring mineral elements to the soil, any man who lives in 

 the sun-light and uses his eyes, may know that it has not the 

 value that is claimed for it. 



Yours truly, 



GEORGE PARMELEE. 

 G4 



