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Before adjourning the following resolutions, presented by James Satterlee, 

 were unanimously adopted : 



Besolved, That the thanks of this meeting are due to the professors of the State 

 Agricultural College for their valuable assistance and instruction during this Insti- 

 tute; to the gentlemen who have so kindly favored us with interesting and valuable 

 papers on the difierent topics; to the choir for the excellent music furnished; to the 

 people and hotel keepers of our city for their hospitality; to the committee of 

 arrangements for conducting the Institute, and to LeRoy Moore for the gratuitous 

 use of his hall during the meeting. 



Dr. Kedzie offered a resolution, and put it to the meeting which passed it 

 unanimously, that the thanks of the Institute be tendered Dr. Avery for the 

 able manner in which he presided over the deliberations of the Institute. 



LAPEER INSTITUTE. 



This Institute was held in the Court House, and was well attended by a 

 highly appreciative and intelligent class of farmers and other citizens. 

 The following was the programme of exercises : 



MONDAY EVENING. 



Music. 



Opening Address by Henry Lee. 



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



" Our State Laws in Relation to Agriculture " — Hon. J. B. Moore. 



TUESDAY FORENOON SESSION. 



Musie. 



" Fine Wool Husbandry "— W. W. Sticknev. 

 . " Roads "—Prof. G. W. Harrower. 

 " Wheat Culture "— R. M. Moore. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON SESSION. 



" Drainage "—Hon. J. T. Rich. 

 "Ensilage" — Prof. Samuel Johnson. 

 " Clover"— John Abbott. 

 " Our School System "— R. L. Taylor. 



TUESDAY EVENING SESSION. 



Music. 



" How to Educate Farmers' Boys" — Wm. B. Hamilton. 



"The Department of Agriculture" — Sec. R. G. Baird, Lansing, Mich. 



"Improvement of Cattle"— Ira H. Butterfield, Jr. 



Committee of Arrangement, Joshua Manwaring, H. D. Rood, Jno. Abbot. 



Most of the above programme was carried out, and at the close of a 

 very interesting and profitable institute, the following resolutions were 

 adopted : 



Resolved, That the thanks of the people of this county are due and are 

 hereby tendered to the State Board of Agriculture for designating Lapeer as a 

 place for holding a Farmers' Institute, and especially to Professors Carpenter, 

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