FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture held November 17th, 1879, 

 the Committee on Institutes made the following report which was accepted and 

 adopted. 



Your committee recommend that during the month of January, 1880, Farm- 

 ers' Institutes be held as follows : 



1. At Eockford, Kent county, Tuesday and Wednesday, January 13th and 

 14th, to be attended by Prof. W. J. Beal, John T. Frazer, V. S., of New 

 York, and Mr. llobert F. Kedzie. 



2. At Big Eapids, Mecosta county, January IStli and 16th, same delegation 

 as at Eockford. 



3. At Manchester, Washtenaw county, January 19tli and 20th, attended by 

 E. G. Baird, Secretary of the Board. T. C. Abbot, President of the College, 

 John T. Frazer, V". S., and Mr. F. A. Gulley. 



4. At Eomeo, Macomb county, Thursday and Friday, January 22d and 23d, 

 to be attended by the same delegation as at Manchester, substituting Hon. J. 

 Webster Childs for Mr. F. A. Gulley. 



5. At Buchanan, Berrien county, 2Gth and 27th, attended by Professors 

 E. C. Carpenter and A. J. Cook, Mr. John T. Frazer, V. S., and Mr. James 

 Cassidy. 



6. At Mason, Ingham county, January 28th and 29th, same delegation as 

 at Buchanan, substituting Mr. F. A. Gulley for Mr. James Cassidy. 



The committee also recommended that if possible, the Secretary attend all 

 the Institutes especially with a view to reporting the same. 



J. WEBSTEE CHILDS, 

 GEO. W. PHILLIPS, 



Committee. 



The Institutes were held in accordance with the above, with this exception : 

 Mr. John T. Frazer, V. S., who was employed by the Board to give a lec- 

 ture at each of the Institutes, relating to veterinary, had a very severe cold, 

 and realizing that it was not possible for him, under the circumstances, to 

 profitably fulfill his engagement, it was cancelled after attending three of the 

 Institutes. E. S. Jennings, V. S., of Detroit, was secured for the Eomeo 

 Institute, where he gave an excellent lecture on the (>auses and Symptoms of 

 various Diseases of the Horse's Feet and Limbs. 



The able lectures of Dr. Frazer are given in this Eeport of the Institutes. 



