FARMERS' INSTITUTE WORK 391 



We arranged the following dates for Mrs. Mayo: 



Highland— Tuesday, March 9. March 16. March 23. 



Milford— Wednesday, March 10. March 17. March 21. 



Wixom — Thursday, March 11. March 18. March 25. 



Novi — Friday, March 12. March 19. March 26. 



The meetings were held at two o'clock in the afternoon. 



Mr. A. C. Bird, of Highland, very kindly gave much time to arranging 

 the details of the work, and the following ladies also contributed largely 

 to the arrangements: Highland, Mrs. Harrison; Milford, Mrs. McCall; 

 Wixom, Mrs. Sibley; Xovi, Mrs. Hazen. 



Unfortuately the whole three weeks proved the muddiest time of 

 year, the last week the roads being almost impassable. Yet the attend- 

 ance was fair and the interest good. In both counties the verdict of the 

 people, as far as we can learn it, is "it is a good work, and we favor its 

 continuance." The attendance was as follows. Mr. Morrill's second 

 and third meetings were combined at Otsego, Martin and Moline: 



1st 2d 3d 



Otsesro 34 41 



Martin 30 26 



Shelbyville 22 36 12 



Wayland 40 52 42 



Moline 50 46 



1st 2d 3d Evening. 



Hisrliland 22 44 41 



Milford 77 67 50 150 



Wixom 33 25 37 85-87 (2 eve.) 



Novi 47 92 85 .. 



CO-OPERATIVE EXPERIMENTS. 



The experiments outlined on page 312 of last year's Institute bulletin 

 were carried out by numerous farmers, but no reports were made in 

 shape for publication. The work was of some value, however, and in 

 many cases was reported at the county Institute. We believe that there 

 is opportunity for some good work along this line. This year, however, 

 we are offering no experiments. 



EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR. 



The prizes for exhibits by County Institute Societies at the Michigan 

 State Fair of 1896 were not competed for, and will probably not be 

 offered this year. 



AGRICULTURAL SURVEYS. 



Believing that a better knowledge of the resources of the upper pen- 

 insula, so far as agricultural prospects are concerned, would remove 

 some of the prejudice that exists in the minds of manj^ people against 

 that part of the State, we asked Prof. Wheeler and Hon. Wm. Ball, two 

 of the lecturers who attended the Institutes in the upper peninsula, to 



