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Secretary Garfield closes his '' Brief" as follows : 



*' In couclusiou allow me to say that I have not been able to 

 give the time to gathering the jireceding facts that the imi)or- 

 tance of the work demands, but have sought to give the various 

 sections of the State some representation without too much repe- 

 tition, to gather in shape to be easily reached, facts concerning 

 the progress of horticulture in various parts of the State. Many 

 localities have not been touched, owing to the little time that 

 could be given the matter, but I trust that in future numbers of 

 the Michigan Horticultural Report added statistics will appear, 

 from year to year, as the aggressive horticulturist shall reach 

 into new fields and record his success and failures. The position 

 of Michigan with regard to the great Northwest, her mild 

 climate, and success in growing fruits, will always give her 

 great prominence as a source from which to supply a large area 

 with the most luscious fruits of the soil. The great question re- 

 mains to be solved, whether her people will save her climate, and 

 preserve her prestige by a judicious preservation of the forest 

 growth, and the addition of new plantations, where the axman, 

 like a demon of destruction, has attempted to sacrifice the future 

 of a State to supply the present demand of the thoughtless, un- 

 scrupulous seekers after riches." 



GROWING SMALL FRUITS AS A BUSINESS FOR 



WOMEN. 



PREPARED BY M. CRAWFORD, OF CUYAHOGA FALLS, O., 



For the annual meeting of the Mississippi Valley Horticultural So- 

 ciety, held in New Orleans, January, 1885. 



It seems to be according to the order of nature that man should 

 face the world boldly and bravely, rather seeking than avoiding 

 its bustle and competition, but that woman should be defended 

 from the rough experiences of life by the stronger arm of a hus- 

 band, father, brother or son. Were she always thus happily 

 situated there would be no necessity for planning what woman 

 can do, — not that she should lead a useless life, — no person who 

 is able to work has a right to be idle, — but when woman keeps 

 the home, and attends faithfully to the demands of those voca- 

 tions which are suited to her, she does her fair share of the world's 

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