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FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 25. 



2:00— "Literary Clubs and the Farmer's Wife," Mrs. Ella E. Rockwood. 

 3:00— "Ideal Womanhood," Dr. Mary Wood-Allen, Ann Arbor. 

 4:15 — Question box. 



Discussion after each address. 



Music furnished by the Department of Music of the College. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



Among the resolutions passed by the Round-up Institute were the fol- 

 lowing: 



GRAIN INSPECTION. 



A resolution was passed by the Institute authorizing a^ committee of 

 three to draw up resolutions relative to the subject of grain inspection, 

 to be acted upon by the Institute. The committee appointed submitted 

 the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted: 



Whereas, It is the opinion of the farmers in attendance at this Institute, com- 

 prising representatives from nearly every county in the State, that the present 

 system of grading its grain and seed crops is working injuriously to the interests 

 of producers, and has greatly damaged the reputation of Michigan's grain crops; 

 it is, therefore, hereby 



Resolved, That it would be of great financial benefit to the grain growers of the 

 State, add much to the reputation of Michigan's grain crops, and aid in improving 

 their quality, to have a system of inspection by State officials which will insure 

 to the grain grower proper remuneration for the quality of grain he produces; 



Resolved, That we earnestly protest against the present system of mixing and 

 degrading our grain so as to rob the producer of his due reward, and advertise 

 him as a grower of grain of such poor-quality that it brings only the lowest prices 

 in the markets of the world, and ask that we be relieved from a system which com- 

 pels us to pay for the cost of defrauding ourselves; 



Resolved further, That in behalf of the farming interests of the State, we re- 

 spectfully urge upon the Legislature prompt an deffective legislation to remedy the 

 grievance complained of; 



Resolved, That a committee be appointed by this Institute to present these resolu- 

 tions to the Legislature of the State at its next meeting, and urge that the neces- 

 sary legislation to this end be enacted at as early a date as possible. 



ROBT. GIBBONS, 

 E. C. DAVIDSON, 

 JAS. E. CODY, 



Committee. 

 In accordance with this resolution, the Superintendent of Institutes 

 appointed the following committee to bring this subject to the atten- 

 tion of the people and the legislature: 



Robt. Gibbons, Detroit, chairman. • 



Hon. John K. Campbell. Ypsilanti. 

 Hon. John C. Sharp, Jackson. 



DEVELOPMENT OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. 



On Friday the Institute adopted the following: 



Resolved, That the chairman be authorized to appoint a committee of five to 

 advise with the proper officers of the State as to measures that may be adopted 

 to develop the unsettled farmiug lands of the State, and to co-operate with said 

 officers in securing the adoption, by the State, of such measures. 



In accordance with this resolution, the Superintendent of Institutes 

 appointed the following committee to bring this matter to the atten- 



