608 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



are encouraged to plan for another year a meeting on similar lines. We 

 believe that all who attended were thoroughly pleased not only with the 

 program but also with the College, and besides that all went home full 

 of genuine enthusiasm for Institute work. It was an object lesson in the 

 power of Farmers' Institutes and of the work they are doing. We can 

 state, without flattery, and we believe the statement is within the bounds 

 of truth, that never before in the history of Michigan has there been so 

 large a body of representative farmers sitting for the same length of 

 time and discussing such a variety of practical topics bearing on the 

 industry of agriculture. 



PEOGEAM OF THE THIED ANNUAL MICHIGAN BOUNDUP 



FAEMEEiS' INSTITUTE, 



HELD AT THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FEBRUARY 22, 23, 24 AND 26, 

 1898, UNDER THE JOINT AUSPICES OF THE MICHIGAN AGRI- 

 CULTURAL COLLEGE AND MICHIGAN FARMERS' 



INSTITUTES 



TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 22. 



Tuesday afternoon and evening were devoted to conferences of our State Farm- 

 ers' Institute Lecturers. The public Institute proper began Wednesday forenoon. 



WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 



FORENOON. 



IN THE CHAPEL. 



8:30 to 9:30 — Conference of officers of County Farmers' Institute societies. 



IN THE ARMORY. 



9:45 — "A Word of Welcome," President J. L. Snyder, Agricultural College. 



10:00 — "The Ideal Mutton Sheep," Hon. George McKerrow, Superintendent Farm- 

 ers' Institutes of Wisconsin. 



10:20 — Discussion, led by Prof H. W. Mumford, Agricultural College. 



10:40 — Ten-minute talks on "The Selection of Ideal Animals:" 

 "The Beef Steer." Jason Woodman, Van Buren county. 

 "The Profitable Hog," I. N. Cowdrey, Gratiot county. 

 "The Dairy Cow," A. M. Welch, Ionia county. 



11:10 — Discussion on the last three topics. 



11:30— "To What Extent can the Grain and Stock Farmers of Michigan Improve 

 the Market for their Products?" Robert Gibbons, Editor "Michigan 

 Farmer." 



12:00— Discussion. 



12:30 — Adjourn for dinner. 



AFTERNOON. 



IN THE ARMORY. 



1:45 — Question box. 



General topic for the afternoon, "Soil Fertility." 



2:00— "The Stock Feeder's Side of the Fertility Question," Hon. Wm. Ball. Living- 

 ston county. 



2:20 — Discussion. 



