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and dei)ress its price was again luade iu the State Millers' Convention this 

 summer, Eesolutions denouncing Clawson wheat were introduced into the 

 Convention ; but after the examination which had been made on this subject at 

 the Agricultural College, and the pul)lic demonstration of the value of Clawsou 

 wheat and Hour which was made at the Farmers' Institutes of last winter, the 

 convention of Millers refused to pass these resolutions. If the Agricultural Col- 

 lege had not made this investigation does any one doubt but that these resolutions 

 would have passed, and that Clawson wheat would to-day be quoted at 10 cents 

 below other varieties of "No. 1 white wheat"? In such ways is the College 

 vindicating its claim to be the servant and helper of the farmer. 



FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



I attended four Farmers' Institutes, viz. : Marshall, Paw Paw, Tecumseh, 

 and Climax. At all of these Institutes I delivered my lecture on " The Food- 

 Value of Different Varieties of Michigan Wheats;" and at Paw Paw and Te- 

 cumseh a lecture on "Healthy Homes for Farmers."' The Detroit Free Press 

 published a very full abstract of the last address, and I have seen extracts 

 from it in a great number of papers. The State Board of Health published 

 6,009 copies for distribution in the State; a gentleman in a neighboring State 

 ordered 500 copies to distribute in his district. 



My Assistant attended the Farmers' Institute at St. Johns, and read a valua- 

 ble paper on "The Signal Service as Belated to Agriculture." 



STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 



I have continued to discharge the duties devolving upon me as member of 

 the State Board of Health. It is difficult to clearly describe the duties and 

 responsibilities which attend such a position, but amid all its labors and cares 

 one has the satisfaction of knowing that all its aims are the advancement of 

 hunum well-being. I have attended all the meetings of the Board, and have 

 prepared various papers for the Annual Report. In behalf of the Board, 1 

 attended the meeting of the Social Science Association at Cincinnati during 

 the spring vacation ; also made a visit to Saginaw to inspect and advise with 

 regard to' a school building, afterwards writing out an elaborate paper on the 

 subject for the use of the School Board. 



I have been appointed Health Officer for the township of Lansing, and rec- 

 ognizing the i)rinciple that the public have the right to command the assistance 

 of every one in promoting the public health, I have accepted the position, 



METEOROLOICAL OBSERVATIONS. 



The tri-daily meteorological observations have been continued during the 

 year, and monthly reports furnished to the Smithsonian Institution, and weekly 

 reports to the Lansing llepublican. Meteorological observations have been 

 kept continuously since Ai)ril, 18G3. They are the only observations in tlie 

 State covering the same period which have been given to the public. 



rUBLIC LECTURES. 



I have given two public lectures before the Faculty and students, one on 

 "The Bankruptcy of the Gases," and the other on "The Means of Obtaining 

 Artificial Light." 



CLASS-ROOM WORK. 



In consequence of the readjustment of classes (made necessary by the burn- 

 ing of one of the dormitories in 18?fi), so as to bring the close of the college 



