FARMERS' INSTITUTES, 295 



''Poultry and Their Profits"— W. H. Tallman, Hillsdale. 



"Saving, Making, and Handling Manure" — Samuel Johnson, Scipio. 



"Wind Breaks for the Farm'" — L. S. Ranney, Hillsdale. 



"Can Dairying be made Profitable in this County" — John Fitzsimmons, 

 Eeading. 



"Mixed Husbandry" — N. Clark, Ransom. 



"Farmers' Homes" — F. M. Holloway, Fayette. 



"Can Peacli Growing be made Profitable" — Geo. A. Smith, Somerset. 



"Underdraining" — A. B. Slocum, Wheatland. 



"Feeding Stock" — L. Ranier, Jefferson. 



"The Horse most Profitable to this County" — X. Alvord, Camden. 



The Hillsdale Institute did not adjourn tlie second evening, but held an extra 

 session on Saturday forenoon to finish the work laid out in the programme of 

 exercises. 



At the close a vote of thanks was tendered tlie professors who were present 

 from the Agricultural College, and to Col. F. M. Holloway, for the very efficient 

 manner in which he presided, after which the Institute was declared adjourned. 



INSTITUTE AT OWOSSO. 



The Owosso Weekly Press, of February 7tli, made the following general 

 remarks regarding this Institute : 



"The Farmers' Institute appointed by tlie State Board of Agriculture to be 

 held in this city on Monday and Tuesday, January 29 and 30, opened Monday 

 evening, at Gould's Hall, with a good attendance of the substantial producers 

 of Shiawassee county, gentlemen and ladies, every town being represented. 

 There were present from abroad. Professors Cook, Garfield, Ingersoll, Beal, and 

 Fairchild from the State Agricultural College at Lansing, Prof. Miles, of Lan- 

 sing, Mr. Baird, Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, and others. 



The meetings were also attended throughout by a large number of citizens 

 not having any special interest in agricultural pursuits. The hall was filled at 

 every session Avith a crowd of animated participants and attentive listeners, and 

 when the sessions broke np the streets presented a gala-day appearance. Alto- 

 gether, it was one of the most satisfactory, and even felicitous gatherings 

 Owosso has for many a day enjoyed, and in results must be of immense benefit 

 to the county." 



MONDAY EVENING. 



The exercises were opened v/itli prayer by Rev. L. 0. Lee, followed by a 

 song, — "The Flag that Waved a Hundred Years," — the choir being led by 0. 

 C. buff. 



The opening speech by the President, Col. E, Gould, was brief, as the speaker 

 intimated, because there had been some delay in commencing the exercises, and 

 time had become precious. His remarks were chiefly commendatory, relative 

 to endeavors to improve tlie i:;telligence of tlie agriculturalists. All the pro- 

 fessions had their distinctive siudies and schools, and there is no reason why the 

 farmer should not have his. 



The following lecture on 



