200 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EVENING SESSION, 7 P. M. 



Music. 



Essay— Prof. H. C. Rankin, Leslie. 



Music. 



National Prosperity— Mrs. W. K. Sexton, Howell. 



Music. 



An Address— President T. C. Abbot. 



Music. 



3I0RNING SESSION, 10 A. M.— SHARP. 



Music. 



Prayer by Rev. L. DeLamarter. 



Music. 



Nobility of Labor — Mrs. Louisa Doxtader, 



Life's Monuments— Miss Ida Hall. 



Music. 



The Advance of Time— Mrs. J. W. Lawrence, Fitchbur^. 



Lessons in Plant Growth — Prof. W. J. Beal. 



AFTERNOON SESSION, 1:30 P. M. 



Music. 



The Duty of Farmers to Insure Against Loss by Fire— Elliot H. Augell, Bunkef 

 Hill. 

 Music. 

 The Transportation Question— Prof. R. C. Carpenter. 



Connected with this institute there was an interesting exhibition of grain, 

 vegetables and fruit. 



The usual resolutions of thanks to those who had taken part in the institute 

 were passed, and an instructive report was read on the grain, fruit, and other 

 articles on exhibition. The attendance and the interest were excellent 

 throughout. The music was in charge of W. D. Longyear, and reflected great 

 credit on that gentleman and those associated with him. K. H. Davis had 

 charge of the exhibits, and Luther Hasbrouck, Philander Doxtader and 

 John Sigler were the committee of arrangements. 



BERLIN INSTITUTE. 



The institute at Berlin, Ottawa county, was held January 24th and 25th, 

 and after music by the Berlin Cornet Band, and prayer by Rev. TVm. Tilley, 

 Mr. W. F. Kelly, who presided, read the following opening address : 



This, I believe, is the first Farmers' Institute ever held in Ottawa county. 

 The objects of this gathering, as I understand them, are to enable the farmers 

 and all persons interested in agriculture, to meet together for the purpose of 

 discussing questions concerning the farm, to cultivate and build up a higher 

 standard of sociability, and acquire a better knowledge and greater proficiency 

 in the business in which we are engaged. It is for mental and social improve- 

 ment then, that we have left our fields and our homes, and have come here 

 to-day to consult together, and to contribute to one another's stock of knowl- 

 edge what we have learned by observation and experience. Every intelligent 



