Excerpt from Rural State and Province Series Rural MichiganIn the pages that follow will be found a general and free account of the past and present condition of Michigan~ agriculture and rural life. It is not the, province of the book to contain a careful and detailed analysis of the economic and. Social prob lems related to the subject, such a study must await the labors of other students along many special lines in the years to come.~ So far as it goes, it is hoped that the book will prove of interest and value to the general reader and may serve as a. Basis for further investigation of particularproblems. The book, then, may be regarded as an introduction to the study of the rural situation in Michigan, putting the State before the reading public in quite a nevir light.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.