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Prof. H. W. Mumford, Assistant Professor of Agriculture: 



1.— Sheep feeding. 



2.— Wool production. 



3.— Selection «and breeding of stoclj. 



4.— Any stocli feeding topic. 

 John M. Rankin: 



1.— Bee keeping for farmers. 

 Miss Edith R. Rushmore, Instructor in Domestic Science: 



1.— Food. (Eve.) 



2.— Value of domestic science instruction. (Eve.) 



3.— Chemistry of cooking and cleaning. (Women's Section.) 



4.— Demonstration cooking lecture— 1 hr. (Women's Section.) 

 Prof. C. D. Smith, Professor of Agriculture and Director of Experiment Station: 



1.— Sugar beets. 



2.— Maintenance of soil fertility. 



3. — Any dairy topic. 



4.— Fattening steers in Michigan. 



5.— Lamb feeding. 



6.— Pig feeding. 



7.— P^'arm crops. 

 Dr. J. L. Snyder, President: 



1.— Educational topics. (Eve.) 

 Prof. L. R. Taft, Professor of Horticulture: 



Any fruit topic. 

 J. D. To WAR, Agriculturist, Experiment Station: 



1.— Rotation of crops. ' 



2.— Wheat. 



3.— Wastes and wear on the farm. 



4.— Fertilizer farming. 



5._Catch crops and green manuring as means of keeping up soil fertility. 



6.— Good roads. 



7._Work of Experiment Stations. (Eve.) 

 Dr. G. a. Waterman. Professor of Veterinary Science: 



1.— Prevention of disease by proper care. 



2. — Lamenesses. 



3.— Diseases of the dairy cow. 



4. — Parturition and diseases incident thereto. 

 Prof. C. F. Wheeler, Assistant Professor of Botany: 



1. — Diseases of plants. 



2.— Rusts and smuts. 



3.— Weeds. 



4. — Grasses and forage plants. 



II. 



The following were employed especially for Institute work, and were 

 paid a per diem and expenses: 



Jotham Allen, Ithaca : 



1.— Clover vs. timothy, and crop rotation. 



2. — Stock raising and feeding. 



3.— Education for the farm. (Eve.) 

 Wm. Ball, Hamburg: 



1.— Selection and care of farm stock. 



2.— Keeping up soil fertility. 



3.— Business sense in farming. 



4.— Clean farming; a talk on weeds. 



5.— Up-to-date stock feeding for the general farmer. 



6.— Bean growing. 



7.— Success in feeding stock. 



8.— Value of improved stock, and how to improve it. 



9. — How I grow corn. 

 E. F. Brown, Reading: 



1.— Dififerent phases of farming. 



2.— Hogs, and liow to grow them. 



