Report of the Director xxxvii 



Wednesday, February 21 



9:00-10:00 a. m. Principles of plant improvement as applied to 



New York State crops. C. H. Myers. 

 10:00-11 :oo a. m. Pedigreed fruit trees. Professor U. P. Hedrick. 

 11:00-12:00 a. m. Corn-breeding. Dr. H. H. Love. 

 12:00- I :oo p. m. Annual business meeting. 



Thursday, February 22 



9:00-10:00 a. m. Breeding plants for resistance to disease. C. E. 



Leighty. 

 10:00-11:00 a. m. Breeding of potatoes. Dr. A. W. Gilbert. 

 II :oo-i2:oo a. m. Breeding of wheat and oats. Dr. H. H. Love. 

 12:00- I :oo p. m. Breeding of timothy. Dr. H. J. Webber. 



Program of the Rural Church Conference 



February 20 



Theme: Present-day factors in successful country church work 



President George B. Stewart presiding 



Main 302 



9 :oo a. m. A statement of country church conditions. Professor F. A. 



Starratt. 

 10:00 a. m. What service shall the country church render? Reverend 



Silas E. Persons. 

 11:00 a. m. Alodern methods in country church work. Rev. M. B. 



McNutt. 



Auditorium 



2 :oo p. m. The farmer's task. President K. L. Butterfield. 



3:00 p. m. Factors that determine the efficiency of the country church. 



Dean G. W. Fiske. 

 4 :oo p. m. A constructive program for the country church. Reverend 

 C. O. Bemies. 



Auditorium 

 8:00 p. m. The country-life movement. Director L. H. Bailey. 



What shall the church contribute to the country-life move- 

 ment? President K. L. Butterfield. 

 The men-and-religion movement in relation to country life. 



Henry Wallace. 

 Music by students. 



