REPORTS OF AUXILIARY SOCIETIES. 



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A CARD. 



The annual meeting of the Benzie 

 County Horticultural Society will be 

 held at Benzonia, Wednesday eve., Dec. 

 7,1881. All members of the society and 

 those intending to become members for 

 1882, are requested to be present, as it is 

 the election of officers for the coming 

 year. If you cannot come please fill out 

 the attached blank ticket and forward to 

 J. W. Van Deman, Benzonia. 



Old members are entitled to vote if 

 they do not renew their membership, but 

 all are requested to continue with the 

 society. J. W. Van Deman, 



Secretary, 



TICKET FOR OFFICERS OF THE BENZIE 

 COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Presi den t 



Secretary 



Treasurer 



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V. Pres.. 



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Please enroll mj' name as a member 

 for 1882. 



Name 



The membership of the society is above forty, and there is an increasing 

 interest. We aim to be in the van among the branches of the State society. 



The following item was prepared for the Benzie County Journal by the sec- 

 retary early in the year : 



I take pleasure in reporting the following items for your columns. The fruit 

 crop of Benzie county for 1880 was, apples, 8,579 bushels, peaches 1,140 bush- 

 els, pears 104 bushels, plums G50 bushels, cherries 125 bushels. Our township, 

 having the oldest orchards, produced, apples 5,137, peaches 495, pears 44, 

 plums 150, cherries 25 bushels. The sum total of all for the county is 10,598 

 bushels (not including grapes and small fruits) ; value about $10,000. The 

 value of orchard products reported for Benzie county in census of 1870 was 

 $60. Our county is growing, you see. Oar favorable location in the fruit 

 belt on the east shore of Lake Michigan will help our thousands of thrifty fruit 

 trees to make a still better showing ten years hence, if providence favors us and 

 we do our part. 



