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Orchard. The hi.'=t of these addresses was followed by a general discussion par- 

 ticipated in by quite a number of the farmers present. 



Pres. T. C. Abbot in behalf of the State Board of Agriculture and the 

 Faculty of the College expressed their thanks for and appreciation of the 

 hearty cooperation of the farmers of Eochester and vicinity in the work of the 

 Institute, and also of their generous hospitality to tlie representatives of the col- 

 lege in attendance. Mr. Woodward and others responded, expressing the 

 thanks of the farmers for the addresses given by the members of the college 

 faculty and others who had taken part in the exercises. 



At all the sessions of this Institute the audiences were large, and' great inter- 

 est was taken in all the proceedings. 



ADEIAN INSTITUTE. 



The Institute at Adrian was held, commencing Tuesday evening, January 

 18th, and continued its sessions during the following day and evening. The 

 first evening session was held in Dean's Ojiera House, and although the exceed- 

 ingly bad condition of the roads prevented many of the farmers of the surround- 

 ing country from attending, the hall was quite respectably filled. Pres. T. C. 

 Abbot, Profs. R. C. Kedzie, Geo. T. Fairchild, A. J. Cook, and Mr. C. L. 

 Ingersoll, from the State Agricultural College, attended this Institute, and took 

 part in the proceedings. Hon. Thomas F. Moore ably presided, and on taking 

 the chair made the following 



OPENING ADDRESS. 



Mr. Mickley was expected to preside at this Institute to-night, but on account 

 of the bad roads he has failed to reach here. The professors of the Agricultural 

 College are with us, and the evening will be taken up by a lecture on "Muck," 

 by Prof. Kedzie. I wish simply to say that the noblest feature of our country 

 is its educational institutions, and of these Ave may justly feel proud. In past 

 years every industry, and the professions, aside from agriculture, have had their 

 schools, and of late it has been found that agriculture could be benefited in the 

 same way. To this end the general government has shown a noble generosity 

 in making liberal endowments for the support of agriculture, not only in our 

 own State, but in all the States of the Union ; and we can now say, with the 

 other industries and professions, we, too, have institutions where the specialties 

 of the great field of agriculture are reduced to science, and made a science. 



FolloAving these remarks. Prof. Kedzie gave his lecture on "Muck." This 

 lecture is given with others, at the close of this record of the Institutes. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING. 



The forenoon session, which was held in Grange Hall, was opened by Prof. 

 Geo. T, Fairchild, who gave the following lecture on 



DIVISION OP FAEM LABOR. 



In addressing farmers upon any subject directly connected with their work, 

 there is this embarrassment : that a professor of literature is rightly supposed to 



