PROGRAMME OF THE ST. LOUIS MEETING. 



Tuesday, October 18, 1904, 8 p. m. 



1. Address of Welcome — F. W. Taylor, Chief of the Department of Agricul- 



ture, World's Fair, St. Louis. 



2. Reply to Address of Welcome — Maj. J. G. Lee, Louisiana. 



3. President's Address — B. W. Kilgore, North Carolina. 



Discussion — Led by George McKerrow, Wisconsin. 



4. Roll Call by States and Provinces. 



Wednesday, October 19, 9.30 a. m. 



5. Eight-minute reports from the several States and Provinces. These reports 



must be written and handed to the secretary, and should contain a synop- 

 sis of the work of the past year only, including — 



(a) Number of meetings held. 



(b) Amount of money spent. 



(c) Number of speakers employed. 



(d) General plan of campaign. 



(e) New lines of work inaugurated and carried out. 



6. Illustrative Material for Institute Work — John Hamilton, Washington, D. C. 



7. Advertising Farmers' Institute Meetings — E. E. Kaufman, North Dakota. 



Discussion — Led by A. L. Martin, Harrisi»urg, Pa. 



8. Address — C. C. James, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Ontario, Canada. 



9. County Organization for Institute Work — W. C. Latta, Indiana. 



Discussion — Led by G. A. Putnam, Ontario. 



10. Corn Judging — A. D. Shamel, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



Discussion — P. G. Holden, Iowa, and H. F. McMahon, Liberty, Ind. 



11. Women's Institutes — Mrs. S. Noble King, Bloomington, 111. 



Discussion — Miss Blanche Maddock, Ontario ; Mrs. J. W. Bates, Indiana. 

 32. The Relation of the Agricultural College to Farmers' Institute Work — Frank 

 H. Hall, Aurora, 111. 



Discussion — Led by C. M. Conner, Florida, 



13. The Relation of the Experiment Station to Farmers' Institute Work. 



Discussion — L. A. Clinton, Connecticut, and C. A. Zavitz, Guelph, 

 Ontario. 



14. How to Train Institute Workers — F. E. Dawley, New York. 



Discussion — Led by G. C. Creelman, Guelph, Ontario. 



15. New Problems and ]\Iethods in Institute Work — 



(a) East — Franklin Dye, New Jersey; W. L. Amoss, Maryland. 



(b) West— H. T. French, Idaho; J. B. Thoburn. Oklahoma. 



(c) Central— A. B. Hostetter, Illinois; W. W. Miller, Ohio. 



(d) South — J. C. Hardy, Mississippi ; W. R, Dodson, Louisiana ; C. A. 



Gary, Alabama. 



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