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form of the paper. In its development, also, "The 

 Michigan Farmer" has absorbed several other pub- 

 lications in the field of Michigan agriculture. It has 

 grown in size and influence and now has over 80,000 

 Michigan farmers as subscribers besides many from 

 without the State. ^ 



"The Michigan Business Farmer" was first pub- 

 lished as a four-page market letter in 1913. The 

 paper became consolidated with "The Gleaner" and 

 in 1921, following a period of rapid growth, reported 

 more than GO, 000 subscribers throughout the State. 

 Like^^The Michigan Farmer," it is a weekly pub- 

 lication at the present time. Its place of publication 

 is Mt. Clemens, near Detroit.^ 



"The Michigan Patron" was first published at 

 Adrian, Michigan, in 1901. After various vicissi- 

 tudes, the paper was taken over by the Michigan 

 State Grange, in 1917, becoming its official organ. 

 The dues of members of the Grange include a pay- 

 ment as subscription to "The Patron," which was 

 then sent to every Grange family in the State. It 

 is a monthly periodical with an issue of 24,000 copies 

 in March, i921.3 



In the Upper Peninsula, at Menominee, is pub- 

 lished "The Cloverland Magazine," whose origin was 

 in 1903, in the periodical then styled "The Sugar 

 Beet News and Northwestern Farmer." Its present 



* From a statement by Burt Wermuth, associate editor, 

 April. 1921. 



^'^tatement of G. M. Slocnm, publislier. March. 1921. 



' Statement of J. W. Helme, managing editor, March, 

 1921. 



