Fifty-First Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Michigan

Download or read book Fifty-First Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Michigan written by Michigan State Horticultural Society and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fifty-First Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Michigan: For the Year 1921 The program for the midwinter meeting was arranged for and held during Farmers' Week at M. A. C. Assistance was given in every possible way by the Faculty and Horticultural Department staff to make this meeting a success. The program was arranged to discuss topics not taken up at the annual meeting, yet interesting to the growers. While the attendance was not as large as at some previous meetings, yet it proved a very important and interesting one, as at this meeting, a new policy was established in appointing a horticultural committee representing the different fruit interests, to co-operate with the Horticultural Department in working out experiments to projects which would meet the needs of the greatly increased and growing interest along their lines, a report of which has been given. The secretary has arranged for calling and attended all of the meetings of this committee. Following the invitation to have the summer tour through Oceana and Mason Counties, this was arranged for, making the general starting point from the Graham Experimental Station at Grand Rapids, when a large number of the members and their families enjoyed an opportunity of observing the experimental projects which are being carried on. There were 25 machines filled with enthusiastic Horticulturists' starting from the station and this number grew to 60 in Oceana and Mason Counties. The splendid fruit crops demonstrating the results in the applications of good cultural practices and the splendid hospitality shown by the citizens of these counties will long be remembered by those making this trip. In behalf of the society and the Horticultural committee, an invitation was extended to the State Board of Agriculture to meet with your committee and some growers at the Graham Experiment Station. The invitation was accepted and an informal meeting was held, which gave an opportunity for the members of the State Board and your committee and other growers present to get acquainted. The committee very briefly presented an outlining of the problems and needs of the growers present and future, and the necessity of support in working out these problems with a greatly increased growing interest along horticultural lines throughout the state. The work being carried on was heartily endorsed by the members of the Board and assistance was assured in enlarging the scope of the work to meet the demands. The secretary assisted in making out a program for the Huron Fruit Belt Horticultural Society held at Almont November 8, which was well attended, considering the day, about 50 being present. Prof. Marshall and Prof. Dutton and Treasurer Munson addressing the meeting. Other meetings were held where the extension work in fruit growing was carried on and the interest of the society looked after as well. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.