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modeled fruits, and wires may be stretched above the tables, also, on 

 which •:::;rapes or other similar exhibits may be suspended. All exhibits 

 should be tastefully arranged, subject to thy approval of the proper 

 authorities. 



Upon motion of Mr. E. H. Scott, fhe president's address was referred 

 to a committee of three, appointed by the chair, Messrs. Evaet H. Scott 

 of Ann Arbor, E. M. Kellogg of Ionia, and B. G. Buell of Ann Arbor. 



Mr. R. M. Kellogg of Ionia read the following paper upon 

 " ECONOMY IN FRUITGROWING." 



The word economy, as generally accepted, is suggestive of self-denial 

 and privation, scant clothing, cheerless home, neglected family, and of 

 miserly undertakings. It may be said with truth that a man's property is 

 but the aggregate of his self-denials; for surely, no income is so great in 

 this grasping, get-something-for-nothing age, but it can be readily disposed 

 of as fast as it accumulates, and yet it is true that a very large part of our 

 richest men have always been very liberal, not only with their families, 

 but public-spirited, entering enthusiastically into all patriotic undertakings 

 and public improvements. Their effort is not so much how to save a 

 dollar as to make every dollar earn another dollar. Money that can not be 

 made to contribute to this end has no value to them. 



True economy, then, consists in marshaling every force that shall con- 

 tribute to the success of the undertaking. 



The successful general commanding an army first acquaints himself not 

 only with his own army, its numerical strength, discipline, arms, and 

 accoutrements, but learns every possible detail concerning the enemy he 

 has to contend with. He makes himself familiar with the general topog- 

 raphy of the country over which he is to operate, every road, hill, ravine, 

 spring of water, creek, or river — every angle, or anything that will obstruct 

 or protect his foe, is constantly in his mind's eye. He must calculate with 

 the greatest accuracy the marching time of his troops, from one point to 

 another, that perfect conjunctions may be made, and that the greatest 

 economy of men, time, and materials shall always be secured. The great 

 question that burdens his mind is, not what the cost of the maneuvers will 

 be, but will the victory be commensurate with the loss sustained in secur- 

 ing it? His glory is in his achievements, not in what he has not done. So 

 the delight of every man should be in what he has done to advance the 

 cause of his chosen profession. The pride of the horticulturist is in, his 

 magnificent crops and superior methods of obtaining and disposing of 

 them. 



To gain a recognition among men, to create, invent, or bring into use 

 some new method or device which shall contribute to the happiness of 

 mankind, is a laudable ambition. Thus it is the men who invented mow- 

 ers, the Planet Jr. cultivator, with their adjustable devices, the Morgan 

 spading harrow, enabling the tiller to do his work with the greatest speed 

 and thoroughness, have conferred a benefit upon every fruitgrower in the 

 land. The greatest economizer is one who acquires the information that 

 enables him to accomplish the most with the least possible exertion, and 

 herein lies the value of these and kindred organizations, which through 



