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of Friday forenoon and the Dairy session of Friday afternoon. Several 

 of the state lecturers were upon the program as well as quite a number 

 of the college faculty. In addition to these and others mentioned here- 

 tofore were Chas. B. Blair and Hon. Chas. W. Garfield of Grand 

 Rapids, Prof. J. W. Toumey of the Yale School of Forestry and Prof. 

 R. S. Kellogg of the U. S. Department of Agriculture on forestry topics; 

 Prof. A. L. Quaintance of the U. S. Department of Agriculture on 

 orchard insects; Prof. P. G. Holden of Ames, Iowa on corn culture 

 and Prof. Chas, S. Plumb of Columbus, Ohio, upon the care of hogs 

 and cattle. 



The musical portion of the program was arranged by Miss Louise 

 Freyhofer, instructor in Music at the college. One or two pieces of 

 music were provided for each session and formed a considerable ])art 

 of the .program for each evening. The music by the M. A. C. 

 band under Instructor A. J. Clark was particularly enjoyable. The 

 M. A. C. orchestra also gave delightful selections. On Tuesday even- 

 ing the M. A. C. chorus gave a selection from the Oratorio of St. 

 Paul and the M. A. C. choir, on Thursday evening, gave the Song 

 of the Vikings. Instrumental music was also furnished by Mr. C. 

 Clippert, Miss Zae Northrup, Mr. E. Hallock, and Miss Edna Hopsen, 

 students at the college. Prof. A. J. Patten and Instructor F. W. Howe, 

 Ml-. Rav Turner, Mr. E. E. Nies, Miss Lyla Smith and Miss Marv 

 Allen gave vocal selections. Miss Mildred Fletcher of Lansing also 

 gave two vocal selections. Readings by Prof. E. S. King were also 

 greatly enjoyed. 



Representatives of most of the college classes also took part in the 

 program and it proved an interesting feature of the meeting. For 

 the Horticultural section, brief talks were given by F. M. Barden, 

 H. H. Conolly and B. B. Pratt. A symposium on the oat was furnished 

 by eleven students in Agronomy and a live stock demonstration was 

 given by six seniors, while twenty-nine A'oung ladies gave brief talks 

 upon the form, structure and economic value of various plants from 

 a botanical standpoint. 



SUMMER INSXrrUTBS. 



During the month of June several institutes have been held in the 

 northern counties, and although the institute season was supposed to 

 have closed with the Round-up Institute, they brought out a large 

 number of farmers. Some of them were held in groves and were on 

 a picnic plan. At each place the state speaker gave a talk in the 

 forenoon and another in the afternoon upon farming topics. 



On the whole it can be said that although it was reduced fully l.j.OOO 

 in one week by unfavorable weather, not only has the attendance at 

 the institutes this year been the largest ever recorded in ]Miehigan, 

 (and with one or two exceptions, and those in states which make con- 

 siderably larger appropriations for farmers' institutes, it has never 

 been equaled in any state), but the interest in institute work has never 

 been better, and the local officers have never shown greater enthusiasm. 



