1902.] AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION AT BRIDGEPORT. 1 7 



Thursday, December 1 9th. 



lo.oo A. M. Address — "Agricultural Lessons from the Pan-American 

 Exposition." 



By Professor C. S. P kelps, 



Of the Connecticut Agricultural College. 



11. oo A. M. Address — " Poultry as an Adjunct of the Farm." 

 By Dr. Cooper Curtice, 



Biologist of Rhode Island Experiment Station, 



Kingston, R. I. 



2.00 P. M. " The Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station and its Work 

 in Dairying." 



By Dr. IV. O. Ativater, Director, and Dr. H. IV. 

 Conn. 



8.00 p. M. Address— " The Education of Books and of Nature." 

 By Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, 



Cambridge, Mass. 



Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, has signified his inten- 

 tion to be present if possible at some session of the Convention. 



A Question Drawer will be provided for the presentation of subjects 

 that may be profitably discussed as time will permit. The following 

 have already been suggested : 



(i) Can the Farmers' Institute be made a feature of the Agri- 

 cultural Fair ? 

 ^ (2) Are we in danger of over-production ? 



(3) Should the elements of Agriculture be taught in the public 

 schools ? 



Ample facilities will be afforded for the display of 'the products of 

 Connecticut farms, and it is hoped there will be a generous exhibit of 

 Fruits and Flowers, Grain and Vegetables, Butter and Cheese — the 

 growth of this first year of the new century. 



Mr. N. S. Piatt, Pomologist of the Board, will give personal attention 

 to this part of the program. 



Articles for exhibition may be sent by express at the expense of the 

 Board to the Secretary at Bridgeport, to arrive on Monday, December 

 i6th. 



RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS. 



The N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. has provided certificates which, when 

 countersigned by the Secretary, will entitle the holder to return over any 

 of their lines at half rates. These certificates must be shown when pur- 

 chasing half tickets at railroad station in Bridgeport. 

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