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will never help the farmer to win the race in these days of sharp competition. 

 Thought should sit enthroned as the regnant deity in the shrine of the farm, 

 and should put its spirit into the dynamics of muscle and machinery alike. 

 Farming is a science. All its processes, from turning up the soil with a plow 

 to the conversion of its products into money, are scientific. The farm is a 

 laboratory wherein the operator must use the principles of chemistry, botany, 

 meteorology, and political economy, and a farmer who does not have a prac- 

 tical knowledge of these things will get left. The principle of the " survi- 

 val of the fittest " is nowhere better illustrated than on the farm. It is the 

 farmer who uses most brain power who "gets there " on the farm, as in the 

 mercantile or professional world. But we have said enough to show that 

 farmers must have knowledge — knowledge of their business, if they would 

 succeed. And may this institute be the means of aiding many a farmer 

 to a higher and happier condition, and hasten the day of his moving 

 over on the sunny side of farm life, master of his business, everything in 

 order, good buildings, out of debt and with money at interest. Then, and 

 not till then, can he sing: "Come, be a farmer, and with the farmers 

 stand." 



GRAYLING INSTITUTE. 

 PROGRAM. 



Thursday, January 31, 7 P. M. 



Music Glee Club. 



Prayer Rev. J. W. Taylor. 



Address of Welcome A. J. Rose, Pres. Crawford Co. Ag'l. Society. 



Response.. Hon. E. Willits, Pres. Agricultural College. 



Life at the Agricultural College. Illustrations and views by the Stereopticon. 



Description by Prof. L. C. Colburn. 

 Appointment of Committees. 



Friday, February 1, 9:30 A. M. 



Corn and Wheat on the Plains .Henry T. Shafer. 



Gardens J. Steckert. 



Seeds Prof. L. R. Taft. 



Fire Extinguishers, with Illustrations Prof. F. S. Kedzie. 



Friday 1:30 P. M. 



Fruits Henry Funch. 



Forestry.. Prof. W. J. Beal. 



Discussion. 



Friday 7 P. M. 



Music Glee Club. 



Woman's Work on the Farm Mrs. May Barker. 



Results on the Experimental Farm Dr. R. C. Kedzie. 



Discussion. 



Reports of Committees. 



