20 STATE BOAKD OF AGKICULTURE. 



June 21, by President Abbot. 



July 18, by President Abbot. 



July 25, by President Abbot. 



Aug. 1, by Kev. Mr. Prudden (excliange). 



Aug. 8, by Rev. Frank Russell, Kalamazoo. 



Aug. 15, by Rev. N. Reasoner. 



Aug. 22, by Rev. A. S. Kedzie, Dowagiac. 



Aug. 29, by Rev. Mr. Prudden. 



Sept. 5, by President Abbot. 



Sept. 12, by President Abbot. 



Sept. 19, by Rev. H. Banwell. 



Sept. 26, by Rev. Chas. Simpson. 



Oct. 3, by President Abbot, 



Oct. 10, by Rev. Edward Ewiug, of Massachusetts. 



Oct. 17, by Prof. Fairchild. 



Oct. 24, by Rev. E. Oooley, Jr. 



Oct. 31, by President Abbot, Baccalaureate. 



Clergymen whose residence is not given, were from the city of Lansing. 



At the beginning of the college year, Dec. 1, 1874, I found myself on a com- 

 mittee to prepare the annual report of the Secretary of the State Board of Agri- 

 culture for 1873. After the completion of this rejDort, I took upon myself to 

 prepare the report for 1874, in advance of any authorization. I took to the 

 printers the entire matter for 1873 except the meteorological tables, but inclu- 

 sive of the reports of the State Agricultural Society and other societies, the 22d 

 of January, 1875. The rej)ort for 1874, except the meteorological tables, I gave 

 to the printers the 27tli January, 1875. Much of the matter of this latter 

 report was subsequently withdrawal, and handed to the Legislative committees on. 

 the College, by whom it was retained until after the close of the session, when it 

 was returned to the printers. 



As the printing of the reports was delayed, other matter Avas added to the 

 report for 1874, in particular the addresses delivered by Dr. Kedzie and myself 

 before the House of Representatives, at the request of that body, an article by 

 Professor Cook on insects injurious to the farm, garden, and orchard ; and an 

 address on Manual Labor, delivered to the students of the College. The first 

 copies of the reports for 1873 and 1874, bound in one volume, were received by 

 us October 30th, 1875. 



The College made an exhibition of stock, products of tlie vegetable garden, 

 grasses, birds, and insects, at the State Fair. It made a collection of fruit for 

 the National Pomological Society's meeting in Chicago, and is now engaged in 

 collecting materials for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Many of the 

 ofl&cers have done Avork as members of bodies not connected with the College, 

 but having somewhat similar objects in view. Lectures, i^apers, analyses have 

 been made. I have requested the members of the faculty, in their reports, to 

 give somewhat in detail these outside labors, as constituting a part of what the 

 College is doing in its own legitimate sphere for the State. 



The College is still subject to some debate as to its sphere of labor and future 

 development. A few of its critics wish it to adhere strictly to what its name 

 imports, and confine itself to agricultural teaching. Others say the Congres- 

 sional grant was not made for agriculture alone, but for the mechanic and other 

 industrial arts, and insist upon a change of name and an enlargement of the 

 scope of the institution. It seems to me that the College has taken the right 



