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The time of the two last named Institutes was left indefinite, tliat they might 

 bo so arranc'ed as not to interfere with tlie annual meeting of the State Affricul- 

 tural Society. It was soon after arranged to hold the institute at Adrian on the 

 18th and 10th, and that at Coldwater on tlie 20th and 21st of January. 



Immediately after the meeting of the Board the above arrangement was pub- 

 lished in the Detroit daily papers and in tho Lansing Republican, accompanied 

 with the f olloAving statement : 



The representatives of the State Agricultural College attending these Institutes 

 will be prepared to lecture on any of the following subjects, and will select from 

 these topics as far as possible to suit tlic Avishes of parties in the localities where 

 the lustitiites are to bo held : 



Pres, T. C. Abbot : 1, '• Industrial Education f 2, " Tbe Agricultural College." 

 Prof. A. J. Cook: 1, " The Apiary, — its pleasures, protits, and management, — should 



it supplement the labors of the farm?" 2, "The three worst insects of the farm, — how 



can we conquer them?" 3, "Friiit or insects, which?" 

 Prof. W. J. Beal: 1, "Grasses and Forage Plants;" 2, ''The Farmers Gardeu;" 



3, "Landscape Gardening for the Farmer." 

 Prof. A. B. Gulley : " Improved IIuKbandrv." 

 Prof. R. C. Kedzie: 1. "Plaster;" 2, "Muck;" 3, "Poisons in Agriculture;" 4, "A 



talk on lightning-rods." 

 Prof. Geo. T. Fairchild: 1, "Division of Labor on the Farm;" 2, "Education, — who 



needs it and who can aftbrd it." 

 Secretary P. G. Baird: "The Prospective Benefits of the Centennial Exhibition." 

 Mr. C. L. Ingersoll: 1, "Farm Drainage;" 2 "What stock shall we keep?" 

 Mr. C. W. Garfield : 1, " Beautifying our Homes ;" 2, " The Farmer as a Student." 



The appointments made by tlie State Board with regard to professors and 

 other representatives of the college to atteud the several institutes was carried 

 out except in the following instances : Professors W. J. Beal and A. B. Gulley 

 were unable, on account of sickness, to fulfill any appointments made for them, 

 and Mr. 0. VI. (Jarfield did not attend the institute at Adrian, having been sum- 

 moned three davs before to Grand Rapids, to the death-bed of his father, Hon. S. 

 M. Garfield. 



. The Secretary, R. G. Baird, and Mr. C. W. Garfield attended the institutes 

 held at Armada and Rochester, in place of Professors W. J. Beal and A. B. 

 Gulley. In addition to the appointments made for them, President Abbot 

 attended the institute at Adrian, Prof. Kedzie the one at Coldwater, and Mr. 

 Ingersoll both at Adrian and Coldwater. 



PLACES THAT APPLIED FOR AN INSTITUTE. 



The following is only a partial list, but is as nearly complete as can be fur- 

 nished from present data : 



Hillsdale— F. M. Ilalloway, Sec. 



Plymouth— H. O. llauford, Canton. 



Allegan— E. C. Reid. 



Ypsilanti — 



Coldwater — C. G. Luce, Gilead. 



Lansing — R. E. Trowbridge. 



Howell— E. I. Merithon, Howell. 



Lambertville — J. J. Sumner. 



St. Johns— R. W. Maxam, H. Hammond, Ricliard Moore. 



Mason — A. M. Chapin, Eden. 



Charlotte— O. E. Chappell. 



Albion— A.M. Fitch. 



Portland— N. B. Rice. 



Chelsea — Geo. H. Mitchell. 



Greenville — L. C. Ijincoln. 



Decatur — Volinia Club and Grange. 



