610 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 



FORENOON. 



IN THE CHAPEL. 



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



IN THE ARMORY. 



9:30 — Question box. 

 10:00— "The Creamery vs. The Home Dairy." 



"The Creamery," E. A. Croman, Jackson county. 



"The Home Dairy." J. H. Brown, Kalamazoo county. 

 10:40— Discussion, led by G. H. True, Agricultural College. 

 11:15— "The Horticultural Situation," Roland Morrill. 



Discussion, led by Prof. L. R. Taft, Agricultural College. 

 12:30 — Adjourn for dinner. 



AFTERNOON. 



IN THE ARMORY. 



1:45 — "Possibilities of Northern Michigan." A. E. Palmer, Kalkaska ctfunty. 

 Discussion by northern Michigan delegates, etc. 



2:45— "What the State Might Do in the Way of Inducing the Settlement of North- 

 ern Michigan," Hon. Sy brant Wesselius, Commissioner of Railroads. 



3:15— "Forestry in Relation to Northern Michigan," Hon. C. W. Garfield, of the 

 Board of Agriculture. 



3:45 — "Potato Growing," T. B. Terry. Followed by discussion, and final question 

 box, if desired. 



EVENING. 



IN THE ARMORY. 



7:00 (sharp) — Informal reception, given by the faculty of the College to all visitors 



to the Institute. 

 8:00— "Higher Education and the People," Pres. H. B. Hutchins, Ann Arbor. 



"Education for the Industrial Classes," Pres. J. L. Snyder, Agricultural 

 College. 



"The Farmers and their Public Duties," Gov. H. S. Pingree. 



Music for the evening furnished by the Hesperian Society Orchestra. 



WOMEN'S SECTION. 



HELD IN THE CHAPEL ON THE AFTERNOONS OF WEDNESDAY, 

 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, FEBRURARY 23, 24 AND 25. 



CHAIRMAN AND CONDUCTOR, MRS. MARY A. MAYO, BATTLE CREEK. 

 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 23. 



1:45 — "Greeting," Mrs. Mary A. Mayo. 



2:00— "The Relation of the Fanner's Wife to Society," Mrs. Ella E. Rock wood, 



Flint. 

 3:00 — "Industrial Education," Mrs. Irma T. Jones, Lansing. 

 4:00 — Question box. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 24. 



2:00— "The Relation of the Mother to the Country Schools," Mrs. Mattie A. Ken- 

 nedy, Slocums. 

 3:00— "Consecrated Parentage," Mrs. Belle M. Perry. Charlotte. 

 4:00 — Question box. 



