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THURSDAY EVENING. 



UNIVERSITY HALL. 



Music by the ITniversity Glee and Mandolin Clubs. 

 7:30 Fanners' Ort^anizations: 



Farmers" Clubs.— A. X. Kinimis, Midland. 

 The ftrange.— Geo. 15. Horton, Fruit Ridge. 

 8:10 The Farmer as a Business Man.— A. C. Bird, Agricultural College. 



Music. 

 8 :4{) The Farmer as a Citizen.— Hon. Cvrus G. Luce, Coldwater. 



9:10 The Manufacture of Sugar from Beets.— Dr. H. W. Wiley, Washington, D. C. (Illustrated by 

 stereopticou.) 



FRIDAY FORENOON. 



NEWBERRV HALL. 



8:00 Conference of county delegates. 



TOPIC— CATTLE AND SWINE. 



9:00 Up-to-date Care of the Dairy Cow.— ,T. W. Hutchins, Hanover. 



9:30 General discussion of Dairy Topics. 



9:50 The Importance of Type in I'rotitable Steer Feeding.— Prof. H. W. Mumford, Agricultural 



College. 

 10:10 Silage for Fattening Steers.- .John S. Gilbert, Harbor Beach. 

 10:30 Feeding Steers Without Silage.— Wni. Ball, Hamburg. 

 10:50 Distussion of cattle feerling. 

 11:00 What Stvlc of Hoi;- Do the Present Markets Demand? 



The JJacon Hog.— .J. J. Ferguson, Agricultural College. 

 The Packer's C hoice.— E. A. Croman, Grass Lake. 

 11 :30 Business meeting of the Washtenaw County Farmers' Institute Society. 



FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 



NEWBERRY HALL. 



TOPIC— SHEEP AND HORSES. 



1:00 Question box. 



1 :20 Up-to-date Lamb Feeding.— A. M. Welch, Ionia. 



1:40 Breeding Fine Wools.— Peter Voorheis, Pontiac. 



2:00 Early Lambs.— L. W. Oviatt, North Williams. 



2:20 Sheep Raising on the Diversilieil Farm.— A. B. Cook, Owosso. 



2:40 The Possibilities and Essentials of Horse Breeding in Michigan.— Robert Gibbons, Detroit. 



3:10 What Type of Horse Shall the .Michigan Farmer Breed?— Prof. H. W. Mumford. 



3:30 Suggestions as to Some of the Recent Diseases of Live Stock and Remedies.— Dr. G. A. Water- 

 man, Agricultural College. 



