.'i84 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



Tlnii'sdai/. Ikceniber 17 — Forenoon. 



10:00— "Winter Feodins, with and witliont Silago" Mr. A. M. Welch 



11:00— "The Home 1 )airy vs. the Factoiy" I'rof. C. D. Smith 



Aj'tiiiiiion. 



l:0O-"The Art. of Butter Mnliing" Mr. G. II. True 



2:30— A General Discuss^ion of the Subject of Butter Making. 



Lectures will be about oO minutes long, and full discussion will follow each lec- 

 ture. 



This InsTitule is designed to cover all phases of dairying applicable to this vicin- 

 ity. In order to get the best of the Inslinite, it is necessary that those interested 

 jrhould be present every day of the sessions. 



THE ROUND-UP. 



Pursuant to the general iiolicv of the ]?oard of Agriculture in moving 

 Institutes from place to ]>lace, the Round-up was this year held in St. 

 Louis, Gratiot county. The local airangements were well attended to. 

 The attendance was considerably larger than at Grand Rapids, but the 

 number from outside the county was considertiblv smaller. A woman's 

 section was held each afternoon. 



One of the most profitable features of the gathering were the confer- 

 ences held. Each morning of the meeting there was held a conference 

 of Institute lecturers, to discuss the lessons of the winter's work. Each 

 afternoon after the session of the Institute the officers of county Institute 

 societies who were present held a conference to discuss methods of adver- 

 tising, preparing programs, and similar topics. Great good resulted 

 from these conferences, and we regretted that there were not more Insti- 

 tute society officers present to enjoy and profit by them. 



PROGRAM OF SECOND ANNUAL ^MICHIGAN ROUND-UP FARM- 

 ERS' INSTITUTE, 



HELD AT ST. LOUIS ON MARCH 2, 3, 4, 5, 18V)T, UNDER THE 



LOCAL AUSPICES OF THE 



GRATIOT COUNTY FARMERS' INSTITUTE SOCIETY. 



Tuesday 3Iornin<j, Marrh 



Arrangemont of ExLibits. 

 2\iesd<(!i Ajtoiioon. 



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1:20— Welcome Mayor Crandall. St. Louis 



Response Hon. C. J. Monroe. South Haven 



2:00— "Green Manuring" .Mr. A. A. Crozier, Agricultural College 



2:30— "Discussion, led by A. E. Palmer and PI A. Croraan 



3:00 — "An Improved Farm I^arn" Mr. .lohn L. Siiawver, Bellefontaine, Ohio 



3 :30— Discussion. 



i:l:30-5:30— Conference of otficers and delegates of County Farmers' Institute 

 Societies. 



