1584 Report of Farmers' Institutes 



2:00 P. :M. discussion of important nORTICULTUR.\L TEACH- 

 INGS Lku by Rkof. Wilsox and Prof. Hedrick 



3:00 P. U. DISCUSSION OF IMPORTANT ENTO:\IOLOGICAL TEACH- 

 INGS Led by Prof. Herrick and Prof. Parrott 



4:00 P. M. DISCUSSION OF niPORTANT TEACHINGS AS TO PLANT 

 DISEASES Led by Prof. Stewart and Prof. Reddick 



8:00 P. M. THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE STATE 



Commissioner Huson 

 8:30 P. M. THE EXPERIMENT STATION AND THE STATE 



Dr. Jordax 

 0:00 P. M. THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND THE STATE 



Dr. Bailey 



WEDNESDAY 



8:30 A. M. THE "FOLLOW L^P " WORK 'SIr. Witter 



9:30 A. M. IMPORTANT TEACHINGS REGARDING POULTRY HUS- 

 BANDRY Prof. Rice 

 11:00 A. M. THE WINTER'S WORK Director van Alstyne 



There was no attempt at formal addresses aside from those 

 given in the evening. The men selected as leaders emj)hasized 

 point.s of particular importance. These were discussed by those 

 present and at the end of the period the matter brought out was 

 summed up and the synopses of the addresses that followed were 

 decided upon to be the teachings of the institutes the coming 

 winter. The underlvinc: thouii'ht was not onlv that the teachings 

 should be the result of the most recent knowledge of agricultural 

 science and practice, but that they should be uniform in all the 

 meetings and with all the workers. Each man was furnished 

 with the synopses as his guide ; and as a result, the teachings 

 of the invstitutes have been founded on tlie underlying principles 

 and have been nii»i'e uniform tlian ever before. 



At this meeting there were al)out thirty present, comprising all 

 the men who were to assist with the work, with the cxccjition of one 

 or two who were unavoidably detained. Ilie expenses of these 

 workers were paid but no compensation. 



The following is part of the instructions given to the workers, 

 and since it concerns the ])nblic in gcMieral it is r('^]>ublished 

 here that they may understand the attitude of the department 

 toward the work as a whole. 



