No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 25 



MKE:TING of FARMERS' ANNUAL NORMAL 



INSTITUTE. 



PROGRAM. 



First session convenes Tuesday Evening, June 4, 1907. 



MR. P. S. FENSTERMAKER, Allentown, Pa., Chairman. 



Call to order 7.30. 



Address of Welcome by Hon. M. C. L. Kline, Allentown, Pa. Voluntary re- 

 sponses by Members of Institute. 



1. "THE WASTE AND SAVING OF THE WATER IN THE SOIL." (Illus- 

 trated by charts.) (40 minutes, and 20 minutes for questions.) 



Mr. H. B. Hilton, Port Allegany, Pa. 



Wednesday Morning, June 5, 1907. 

 HON. WM. F. BECK, Nazareth, Pa., Chairman. 

 Call to order 9.00. 



1. "NATURAL AGENCIES IN SOIL IMPROVEMENT." (40 minutes, and 20 



minutes for questions.) 



Prof. E. B. Voorhees, Director New 

 Jersey Agricultural Experiment 

 Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 



2. "WHAT THE CHEMIST HAS FOUND IN PENNSYLVANIA SOILS AND 



THE RELATION OF CHEMISTRY TO AGRICULTURE." (40 minutes, 

 and 20 minutes for questions.) 



Dr. Wm. Frear, Chemist, Dept. of 

 Agriculture Experiment Station, 

 State College, Pa. 



3. "WHERE CROP YIELDS ARE LIMITED BY LACK OF PHOSPHORIC 



ACID AND OF LIME IN THE SOIL." (40 minutes, and 20 minutes for 



questions.) 



Mr. Alva Agee, Wooster, Ohio. 



Wednesday Afternoon, June 5, 1907. 

 MR. JOEL A. HERR, Millhall, Pa., Chairman. 

 Call to order L30. 



1. "MODERN TREATMENT OF THE APPLE ORCHARD." (40 minutes, and 



30 minutes for questions.) 



Prof. Geo. C. Butz, State College, Pa. 



2. "THE PEACH; HOW TO RAISE AND MARKET." (40 minutes, and 20 



minutes for questions.) 



Dr. J. H. Funk, Boyertown, Pa. 



