374 FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



Shall we sit with folded hands waiting for Fisk's "twentieth century 

 man" to lead us out from under the cloud of trusts that are gathering 

 thickly around and over our way? No, let us gird on the armor of man- 

 hood, and march forth to the battle of life under the starry banner of free- 

 dom, bearing for our motto those grand words of Lord Byron to the Grecians, 

 "Who would be free themselves must strike the blow." 



Let us not be the last to demand that the trust and combinations of capi- 

 tal that control the price of what we sell and what we buy shall be destroyed 

 as we destroy the parasites that feed upon our crops. 



May we strengthen and extend our farmers' organizations till we make 

 this a government of the farmers, for the farmers and by the farmers. 



[A large number of good papers were presented, which as they are not of 

 a specifically local character can be found grouped according to subject, by 

 reference to the index. — H. G. K., Secy.] 



CENTREVILLE INSTITUTE. 



PROGRAM. 



Monday, February 18, 1889, 1:30 P. M. 



Music. 

 Prayer. 



Address of Welcome, by the President S. H. Angevine. 



Response . Pres. Edwin Willits. 



Management of Live Stock Richard Dougherty, Colon. 



Manual Training and Technical Schools. .James Wiseman, Agricultural College, 



Evening Session, 7:00 P. M. 



Music. 

 Prayer. 

 Question Box. 



Literature in Home and School Prof. E. J. MacEwan. 



Recitation Miss Marguerite Wood worth, Battle Creek. 



Raising and Management of Hog* .Gideon Hebron, Constantine. 



Insects and How to Fight Them Prof. A. J. Cook. 



Music. 



Tuesday, February 19, 1889, 9:30 A. M. 



Music. 

 Prayer. 

 Question Box. 



Care and Management of Young Stock Levant Strong, Vicksburg, 



Farmer as a Mechanic Prof. W. F. Durand. 



Forestry Prof. W. J. Seal. 



Tuesday, 1 :30 P. M. 



Music. 

 Prayer. 

 Question Box. 



Production of Wheat George Osborn. 



Potato Culture LA. Aspinwall. 



Silo and Silage ...Prof. A. J. Cook. 



