356 FARMERS' INSTITUTE. 



Evening Session, 7 P. M. 

 Music. 



Paper — Fruit Culture -Hon. N. A. Beecher. 



Discussion C. T. Rosenkrans. 



Question Box. 



Paper — The Farmer's Home Mrs. Monteville Benjamin. 



Paper — The Short Horn for the Average Farmer... Hon. William Ball. 



Discussion Geo. W. Stuart. 



Wednesday, January 30, 9:30 A. M. 



Paper — Making and RepairiDg Roads .Prof. R. C. Carpenter. 



Paper — Country Roads A. L. Aldrich. 



Discussion J. K. Perry. 



Afternoon Session, 2 P. M. 



Paper — Breeding Dr. Manly Miles. 



Paper — Professional Men as Farmers Hon. Sumner Howard. 



Discussion ..Dr. R. N. Murray. 



Evening Session, 7 P. M. 



Music. 



Address — The Farmer, His Cousins and Friends President Willits. 



General Discussion. 



Paper — Breeding and Feeding of Fat Cattle Dr. J. C. Willson. 



Discussion M. R. Freeman. 



Paper Ira T. Sayre. 



Thursday, January 31, 9:30 A. M. 



Paper — Swine, Their Care and Management J .W. Hibbard. 



Discussion S. C. Goodyear. 



Paper — Farm Gardening and Small Fruits J. L. Wilccx. 



Discussion Opened by B. Turner. 



Afternoon Session, 2 P. M. 



Paper — Sheep, Their Care and Management Geo. W. Stuart. 



Discussion ..Cm. Rockwood. 



Paper — The Relation of Farmers to Railroads Hon. Jno. T. Rich. 



Discussion H. C. Spencer. 



Paper — The Care and Feeding of Dairy Cows... Philo Begole. 



Mayor Stone on behalf of the city briefly and cordially welcomed the 

 members of the institute and the representatives from the College, and in 

 the absence of Col. Wm. B. Mc Creery, Judge George K. Gold responded for 

 him on behalf of the Board of Agriculture. 



The substance of his remarks is as follows : 



RESPONSE TO WELCOME, BY JUDGE GEORGE R. GOLD. 



Mr. President — It is very unexpected to me, and disappointing to you 

 to stand in the place of our scarred and battered fellow citizen, Col. 

 Mc Creery, who, while it is possible he may sometimes hesitate when there 

 is something to be said, he was never known to falter when there was any- 

 thing that should be done. 



