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the past ten years have been most encouraging. Dull, indeed, would 

 be the perception of the person who fails to see the marked im- 

 provement and methods adopted in the care and management of 

 I he dairv cow in her carefully balanced radon, the sanitary milk 

 and high grade butter; in poultry, of pure breeds, well housed and 

 fed, producing eggs in the winter season when prices are high; ma- 

 nure so handled as to reduce the loss from leaching and evaporation 

 to a minimum; orchards carefully cultivated, pruned and sprayed: 

 farm machinery carefully housed, painted and oiled to prevent rust 

 and loss. 



Modern methods, in the main, adopted through the medium of 

 farmers' institute instruction tend to make the farm not only more 

 remunerative, but adds attractions lo farm life of which our fathers 

 and ourselves can scarcely comprehend, what, with rural telephones 

 and delivery mails to our doors every day and trolley lines passing 

 by our farm homes, carrying not only the farmer and his family, 

 but also the products of the farm to the local market or railroad 

 station. Farm life with these added attractions is appealing more 

 than ever before to people who live in the cities and towns, thus 

 drawing them to the farms. I can recall no time when so many peo- 

 ple living in cities were making such active inquiry for farms to 

 purchase as at present. 



It has become an established practice in this Division to hold 

 an annual meeting of county institute managers and State lecturers. 

 These meetings are accomplishing a great work in crystalizing the 

 instruction given at the general institutes held throughout the 

 State. In May last, a meeting of this character was held at West 

 Chester. A list of subjects presented, with the names of the lec- 

 turers, will give a more comprehensive knowledge of the scope of 

 instruction given at the institute, which are as follows: 



MEETING OF FARMERS' ANNUAL NORMAL 



INSTITUTE. 



PROGRAM. 



First session convenes Tuesday Evening, May 23, 1905. 



DR. M. E. CONARD, Westgrove, Pa., Chairman. 



Call to order 7.30. 

 Address of Welcome, by Chas. H. Pennypacker, Burgess, West Chester, Pa. 



Note. — The Governor has Expressed a Desire to be Present, iv Possible, and if 

 o iij! will make the response to the address of welcome. 



1. "STATE CONSUMPTIVE CAMPS AND CURES." (40 minutes.) 



Dr. J. T. Rothrock, West Chester, Pa. 



2. "SPRAYING: HOW, WHEN AND WHAT FOR." (40 minutes, and 20 



minutes for questions.) 



Dr. J. H. Funk, Boyertown. 



