farmers' institutes. 



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DISTRICT DAIRY INSTITUTE. 

 Plymouth, August 13-14, 1901. 



PROGRAM. 



10 a. m., August 13. Opening Session. 

 Music. 



Invocation— Rev. W. E. McKinsey, Plymouth. 

 Music. 



A Word of Welcome— P. O. Jones, Mayor of Plymouth. 

 Response— W. C. Latta, Superintendent Farmers' Institutes. 

 Dairying Promotive of Agricultural Prosperity— H. B. Gurler, Author 



"American Dairying," DeKalb, 111. 



Darying," DeKalb, 111. 

 Discussion. 

 The Place of the Dairy in Indiana Agriculture— Prof. C. S. Plumb, Director 



Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Discussion— Announcements. 



1:30 p. m. Dairy Cattle. 



Music. 



Selection of Dairy Stock— Prof. C. D. Smith, Director Michigan Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station. 



Rearing the Dairy Herd— H. B. Gurler. 



Discussion. 



Care of Cows During Pregnancy and Parturition— Cal. Husselman, Dairy 

 Farmer, Auburn, Ind. 



Discussion. 



Causes of Variation in the per cent, of Butter Fat in Milk— H. E. Van 

 Norman, Dairy Instructor, Purdue University. 



Questions and Discussion. 



7:30 p. m. General Session. 



Music. 



Relation of Form and Function in the Dairy Cow, Illustrated— Professor 

 C. D. Smith. 



Music. 



Why Farmers' Wives Like the Creamery— Mrs. J. C. Erwin, Bourbon, Ind. 



INIutual Interests of Business Men and Farmers— Hon. J. W. Parks, Ply- 

 mouth. 



Music. 



Informal reception in the court room, given by the business men of Ply- 

 mouth. 



