NORMAL INSTITUTE 



Following the excellent plan established in 1898 of gathering 

 the workers together at the Experiment Station or State College 

 of Agriculture for instruction and conference, the fourteenth 

 such meeting was held jSTovember 25 to 27, 1912, at the iS^ew 

 York Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva. 



The following program will show the subjects discussed: 



PROGRAM 



MONDAY 



9:45 A. M. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Director van Alstyne 



10:00 A. M. SOIL SURVEYS AND THEIR PRACTICAL VALUE 



Mr. Barker 

 11:00 A. M. DRAINAGE AND DEEP TILLAGE Prof. Pippin 



2:00 P. M. SOIL ACIDITY — THE POSSIBLE DANGERS OF INJURY 

 TO SOIL FROM FERTILIZERS Prof, Cavanaugh 



3:00 P. M. THE RELATIVE VALUE OF PLANT FOOD IN VARIOUS 

 FOR]MS Dr. Vax Slyke 



4:00 P. M. THE USE OP LIME AND ITS VALUE IN DIFFERENT 

 FORMS Dr. Van Slyke and Prof. Cavanaugh 



2:30 P. M. CONFERENCE OF WOMEN WORKERS 



In Charge of Prof. Van Rensselaer 



8:00 P. M. WOMEN'S WORK IN THE INSTITUTE IVIrs. Harrington 

 9:00 P. M. SOME FINDINGS REGARDING FARM MANAGEMENT 



Prof. Warren 



TUESDAY 



9:00 A. M. DISCUSSION OF RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 

 FIELD OF ANIMAL NUTRITION Led by Dr. Jordan 



10:00 A. M. DISCUSSION OF DAIRY RECORDS AND COW TESTING 

 ASSOCIATIONS Led by Prof. Wing 



11:00 A. M. NEEDED CHANGES IN OUR LAWS REGARDING BOVINE 

 TUBERCULOSIS Commissioner Huson 



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