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the best results can be obtained. The work done by the representatives 

 was unusually satisfactory. 



CONCLUSION. 



The past year has demonstrated more fully than ever before that there 

 is a place for the Farmers' Institutes as a part of the extension work 

 of the college. Not only do they reach a class of farmers who cannot 

 be reached by other lines, but they ai*e the ones who most need its help. 

 The farmers feel a personal interest in the institutes, and at these ineet- 

 ings not only obtain knowledge which they need in their daily work, 

 but they gather inspiration which makes them better farmers and better 

 citizens. 



Respectfully submitted, 



L. R. TAFT, 

 Superintendent of Farmers' Institutes. 

 East Lansing, Mich., June 30, 1917. 



