Excerpt from Thirty-Sixth Annual Report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture of the State of Michigan: From July 1, 1896, to June 30, 1897 Sir - I have the honor to submit to you herewith, as required by statute, the accompanying report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, with supplementary papers. Very respectfully, ira H. Butterfield, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. 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.