FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 221 



SPECIAL DAIRY INSTITUTE. 



PROGRAM. 

 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22. 



FORENOON. 



11:00. Address of welcome, Aaron Clark. 



Remarks by conductor regarding the puri^ose of the Special Dairy Insti- 

 tute, Prof. Clinton D. Smith. 



AFTERNOON. 



1:30. "How the dairy cow helps the farmer," C. P. Goodrich, Ft. Atkinson, 

 Wisconsin. 

 Discussion. 

 3:00. "Buying and raising dairy cows," A. M. Welch, Ionia. 



EVENING. 



7:00. Quartette. 



"How, when, and what shall we feed our dairy cows?" C. C. Lillie, 

 Coopersville. 



THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23. 



FORENOON. 



9:30. Question box. 



9:45. "Cheap and efficient dairy barns and stalls," Prof. Clinton D. Smith. 



AFTERNOON. 



1:15. Question box. 



1:30. "Feeds and feeding for dairy cows," C. P. Goodrich. 



Discussion. 

 3:00. "Care of milk for the factory," G. H. True. Agricultural College. 



Discussion. 



EVENING. 



7:00. Quartette. 



Reading, Miss Maude Richmond. Hart. 



"The rural school problem." Ten-minute talks as folloAvs: 



1— "The needs of district schools, from the teachers' standpoint," John 



Ketcham, Hastings. 

 2— "The needs of district schools, from the farmers' standpoint," Wm. 



Criddler, Middleville. 

 3— "How may these needs be supplied?" Mrs. Flora Beadle Renkes. 

 '8:15. "Good roads," 10-minute talks on the following topics: 



1 — "What need of better roads." John H. Dennis, Hastings. 

 2 — "Are the present laws sufficient to secure better roads?" Aaron Clark. 

 3— "What new legislation is necessary to bring best results?" E. N. Bates, 

 Moline. 

 8:45. General discussion of "Good roads." 



FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 



(Creamery Day). 

 FORENOON. 



9:30. "How a creamery benefits its patrons," B. S. Holley, Woodland. 

 Discussion. 

 10:30. "The factory or the home dairy, which?" Prof. Clinton D. Smith. 



Discussion. 

 11:35. Business meeting of the Barry County Farmers' Institute Society for the 

 election of officers, etc. 



