58 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Ma.v 31 — Pewaino, louiii county, comiiu'iiccniont address of the high 

 School. 



June 2 — TJnch'U, Oakland county, joint lueeling of fai-niers' club. 



June 5 — Uyron Center, creamery nu'eling. 



June IG — llenrietta, Katon county, meeting of farmers' club. 



June 20— Silver Creek, P.errien county. ( reaniery nieetin<;-. 



June 21 — liattle Creek, meeting of farmers and families, evening lec- 

 ture. 



June 22 — Church, Hillsdale county, meeting of farmers and families, 

 evening lecture. 



June 28 — Ali>ena, Alpena county, farmers' picnic. 



The above lists do not include addresses given under the au8i)ices 

 of the Farmer's Institutes, except where they are so stated. 



Through the kindness of the railroads T am permitted to travel to 

 and from these meetings without cost of transportation. I desire to 

 report that I have tried to make these meetings as instructive along 

 purely agricultural lines as possible. The meetings of clubs and granges 

 have been especially so. At the picnics the work has necessarily been 

 of a diiferent character, but still helpful in matters pertaining to the 

 home and the education and training of the children. 



If more of this work could be done in the winter, when farmers have 

 more time to attend, it could be made to supplement the work of the in- 

 stitutes in a very helpful manner. There is needed a systematic course 

 of lectures on what might be called the fundamentals of agriculture 

 and agricultural practice, and such a systematic course can be given in 

 the winter only. My opportunities of observation being exceptionally 

 good, I am glad to report that the work of the farmers' organizations is 

 paving the way very rapidly for a more extended knowledge and a wider 

 view of agricultural problems on the part of the older generation of 

 farmers, and at the same time in aiding materiall}' in fitting the younger 

 generation of farmers for the more intense competition and the harder 

 battles of the future. 



I am glad therefore to report that this phase of the College work is 

 both opportune and helpful. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. D. SMITH, 

 Superintendent of Institutes, Dean of Short Courses and College Exten- 

 sion Lecturer. 



Agricultural College, Mich., 

 June SO, 1900. 



