FIRST ANNUAL 



MICHIGAN ROUND-UP FARMERS' INSTITUTE 



HELD AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ON FEBRUARY 

 11, 12, 13, 14, 1896, 



UNDER THE LOCAL AUSPICES OF THE 



KENT COUNTY FAKMEES' INSTITUTE SOCIETY 



Edited from a Btenographic report made by Miee Harriet E. Speir of Grand Rapids. 



PROGRAM. 



PUTMAN HALL, NOS. 62—64 PEARL ST. 



Tuesday Evening, Feb. 11, 7:30 o'clock. 



A Word of Greeting L. J. Rindge, Grand Rapids 



Address Gov. John T. Rich, Lansing 



"The Purpose of an Agricultural College" Dr. Howard Edwards, Ag'l College 



"Food Adulterations " W. L. Rossman, State Analyst, Lansing 



Wednesday Morning, Feb. 12. 



9:30— "Cultivation and Care of Peaches" Roland Morrill, Benton Harbor 



9:50— Discussion, led by C. J. Monroe, South Haven 



10:15— "Marketing Peaches" R. D. Graham, Grand Rapids 



10:30— Discussion, led by Charles A. Sessions, Shelby 



10:50— "Peaches in the Interior of Michigan,"___H. P. Gladden, Agricultural College 



11:05— Discussion, led by H. O. Bramin, Grand Rapids 



11:20— "Bees and Horticulture " Prof. W. B. Barrows, Agricultural College 



11:40— Discussion, led by Jos. A. Pearce, Grand Rapids 



