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the best that was ever held. Owing to the lateness of the corn- 

 planting season, there were not so many farmers present as would 

 have been the case a week later. The program of the latter con- 

 ference is given below: 



PROGRAM 



RtTBAL Life Conference 



West Coxsackie, Greene County 



June 2, 1916 



Morning 



Prayer. 



Words of Welcome, Rev. W. A. Dumont, West Coxsackie. 

 Response and Outline of Work, Edward van Alstyne, Kinderhook. 

 Singing — America. 



The Hay Crop, Director van Alstyne. 

 Discussion. 



A Heritage of Song, Mrs. Rose Morgan, New York City. 

 Recess. 



Afternoon 



Demonstration of the Points of a Good Horse, from Living Animals, 

 Dr. J. F. DeVine, Goshen. 



Diseases of the Horse, Dr. DeVine. 



The Church and the Open Country, Rev. Silas E. Persons, Cazenovia. 



Singing. 



Rural Life as it Pertains to the Home and the Community, Dr. 

 Liberty Hyde Pailey, Ithaca. 



Singing. 



Evening 



Song. 



Our Rural Schools, Dr. Arthur Dean, Director of Agricultural and Indus- 

 trial Education, State Education Department, Albany. 

 Song. 

 Songs That Live, Mrs. Morgan. 



WORK AMONG JEWISH FARMERS 

 Following the plan inaugurated in 1913 of doing special work 

 ,among the Jewish farmers, Mr. F. A. Bonsteel, accompanied by 

 Mr. Nathan Cohen (who acted both as instructor and interpreter), 

 spent nine days in Eensselaer, Sullivan, and Ulster counties, 

 where a goodly number of Jews operate farms. In the past three 

 years this work has demonstrated to these people that the men sent 

 have a message for them, and they are coming to look forward to 

 the meetings. Practically all phases of agriculture must be dis- 

 cussed, yet the subject matter must be condensed and simple. 

 These people are not demonstrative, and it is sometimes difficult 

 to determine how much they are able to carry away and to put 

 into successful practice. The fact that they are in dire need of 



