niO ANNUAL, ilKl'OKT OF THE Off. Doc. 



The Legislatiu-p of the State lias (le.-ill with us. also, rery kindly. 

 It has increased our fund — not to a greai extent — after the first 

 two years. Then we had an increase of ii?5,0(t0 added, and during 

 Ihe past year the Legislature gave us an increase of |5,000 ad- 

 ditional, so that our institutes are equipped with |35,000 for two 

 Aears or |17,500 per annum. Xow we come to the problem. Shall 

 \v<.' have more institutes or shall we equip them and make them 

 better? That is a question for you to decide. We want your 

 opinion about that. My judgmeni is thai we ought to make them 

 more effective if we could. 



Now, my friends, 1 shall not inflict ;iiiy longer talk upon you. It 

 is a pleasure to meet you. It has always been and 1 hope it will con- 

 tinue so, and I can only say to you what I said four years ago: "I am 

 here to join wilh you in the various counties for the u])lifting of the 

 fai'mers and the Farmers' Institutes." 



COL. JOHN A. WOODWARD: Mr. Chairman, it is customary 

 in our field work in Farmers' Institutes to have the serious and 

 regular work of the institutes interspersed with entertainment of 

 some kind in order that we may keep the interest alive, and for 

 that purpose^ we frequently introduce music. It may not be known 

 that among our County Institute ]Managers we have a musical 

 genius who happens to l>e present to-night, and I propose that we 

 now listen ro a song by Mr. Horace M. Hall, the Institute Manager 

 of Potter county, before wo proceed to the work of the evening. 



Mr. Hall came forward and entertained tlu^ audience with a song 

 entitled "Two Kinds of People." 



The CHAIRMAN: There is a sentimerit in that song that some 

 ])eople who lecture at Farmers' Institulcs could get a good lesson 

 from. 



We now come to the prejjared paptn's. The lirst number on the 

 program is ^'Clover as Food and Fertilizer," by Dr. I. A. Thayer, 

 of New Castle, Pa. 



DR. I. A. THAYER ])r(^sente(l his ]>nper ns follows: 



