618 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Discussion. 



Pruning and Thinning— Prof. E. S. Goff, Madison, "Wis. 

 General Discussion. 



Suggested Topics for tlie Question Box- 

 Protecting ttie Orcliard from Fi'ost. Irrigation. Grass in tlie Orcliard. 



Regular Bearing. Cold Storage. Fruit Packages. Grading for Mar- 



liet. Small Fruit. 



DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL INSTITUTE. 



South Bend, August 22-23, 1901. 



(A union meeting with the State Horticultural Society.) 



PROGRAM. 



1:30 p. m., Thursday, August 22. 



Music. 



Invocation— Rev. P. J. Rice, Pastor Christian Church. 



Music. 



Words of Greeting— Hon. J. B. Stoll, South Bend. 



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



The Apple and Pear: Planting and Growing Them— S. H. Fnlton, Su- 

 perintendent Michigan Fruit-Testing Sub. Station. 



Discussion. 



Feeding the Trees— Prof. H. A. Huston, State Chemist, Lafayette. 



Questions. 



Foresti-y— Its Relation to Fruit Growing— Hon. Chas. W. Garfield, Grand 

 Rapids, Mich. 



Questions and Discussion. 



7:30 p. m., Thursday. 

 Music. 

 Relation of Forestry to the Industries— Prof. W. H. Freeman, Secretary 



State Forestry Commission, Indianapolis. 

 Music. 

 Education for the Home-maker— Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Cambridge 



City, Ind.— Professor Home Economics, University of Minnesota. 

 Music. 

 Informal reception given in Annex by the business men of South Bend. 



9:00 a. m., Friday, August 23. 

 Music. 



Prayer— Rev. E. P. Bennett, Pastor First M. E. Church. 

 Music. 



Our Native Plums— Prof. E. S. Goff, Horticulturist Wisconsin Experi- 

 ment Station. 



