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to make it more so by being industrious and persevering, honest and intelli- 

 gent, in the work we have to do. Socrates says: "Agriculture is an employ- 

 ment the most worthy the application of man ; the most ancient, and the 

 most suitable to his nature; it is the common nurse for all persons in every 

 age and condition in life. It is the source of health, strength, plenty, and 

 riches, and of a thousand sober delights and honest pleasures. It is the mis- 

 tress and school of sobriety, temperance, Justice, and religion ; and in short of 

 all virtues." And now, Gentlemen Professors from the Agricultural College, 

 I congratulate you in the grand and noble work you are doing, in thus edu- 

 cating, and thereby elevating, those engaged in this pleasant and profitable 

 calling. I also bid you a hearty welcome to this our Institute, hoping it may 

 be a pleasant and profitable occasion for all interested. I close with these beau- 

 tiful lines : 



" Would you be strong, go follow up the plow; 

 Would you be thoughtful, study field and flower, 

 Would you be wise, take on yourself a vow 

 To go to school in Nature's sunny bower. 

 Fly from the city— nothing there can charm — 

 Seek wisdom, strength, and virtue on the farm." 



EATON KAPIDS INSTITUTE. 



This Institute was held in Red Ribbon Hall, January 24 and 25. In a 

 report by one of the local papers it is spoken of thus : 



"In spite of the unfavorable weather the State Farmers' Institute held in 

 this place last week was a decided success, and the papers, as a whole, were 

 more than usually interesting. The attendance would undoubtedly have been 

 much larger had the weather not been so excessively cold. But we are inclined 

 to think that even as cold as it was more farmers might have attended. 



"These institutes are of such general importance and interest to every farmer 

 that it ought to take almost unendurable cold vreather to keep them away. 



The programme was carried out as previously arranged. Eev. D. P. Breed 

 offered prayer and was followed by Rev. J. R. Stevenson, who in a few well 

 timed and appropriate words delivered the address of welcome." 



The programme was as follows : 



THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1 : 30 P. M. 



Music. • 



Prayer — Eev. D. P, Breed. 



Welcome Address — Eev. J. R. Stevenson, 



Eeproduction in Domestic Animals— Prof. E. A. A. Grange. 



Fine Wool Sheep— A. Crawford. 



Drainage — S. H. Eorabeek. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Music. 



Some Deficiencies in Country Schools — Prof. E. L. Briggs. 

 Occupations Open to Women — Mrs. Orr Schurtz. 

 American Eoadsters— Prof. A. J. MacEwau. 



