46 MICHIGAN STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



in and nothing but a desire for mutual co-operation in helping 

 to raise the agriculture of the state to its highest condition exists 

 between these two organizations. 



Mr. President of the College and members of the State Board 

 of Agriculture, I am authorized and directed on behalf of the 

 Michigan State Agricultural Society to extend its best wishes 

 for further growth and success. 



May the next half-century be more prosperous for the College 

 than the one just passed, and may your efforts be so directed 

 and your work so ordered during these coming years that the 

 people of the state may justly claim this to be not only the 

 oldest but the "best agricultural college in the country." 



