46 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Wednesday Afternoon. 



1:30 — "Currants and Gooseberries " J. N. Stearns, Kalamazoo 



1:50 — Discussion, led by Z. V. Cheney, Grand Rapids 



2:10 — "Successful Strawberry Growing " R. M. Kellogg, Ionia 



2:30 — Discussion, led by Thos. Wilde, Herrington 



3:00 — "The Value of Spr3,ying in Horticultural Economy " Prof. L. R. Taft, 



Agricultural College 

 3:30 — Discussion, led by W; K. Munson, Grand Rapids 



Wednesday Evening. 



7:30 — The "Farm Home Reading Circle" H. W. Mumford, Agricultural College 



8:00 — "Forcing Vegetables under Glass " Thos. Gunson, Agricultural College 



8:30 — "A Plea for Unity of Action Among Farmers "__Hon. F. W. Redfern, 



Maple Rapids 



Thursday Morning, Feb. 13. 



9:30 — "Economical Methods of Sheep Feeding " H. W. Mumford 



9:50 — Discussion, led by Hon. H. H. Hinds, Stanton 



10:10— "Will Feeding for Beef Pay in Michigan?"___Hon. W. E. Boyden, Delhi Mills 



10:30 — Discussion, led by Maj. A. F. Kelsey, Ionia 



10:50 — "Practical Methods in Stock Breeding" Hon. Wm. Ball, Hamburgh 



11:15 — Discussion, led by ^-H. G. Holt, Cascade 



Thursday Afternoon. 



1:30— "The Dairy Herd — Breeding" J. H. Brown, Climax 



1:50 — Discussion, led by Aaron Clark, Middleville 



2:10 — "The Dairy Herd — Feeding and Care,"_Prof. C. D. Smith, Agricultural College 



2:40 — Discussion, led by L. J. Rindge, Grand Rapids 



3:00— "The Babcock Tester" J. H. Brown 



3:30 — "Making Good Butter," Illustrated with dairy apparatus, 



G. H. True, Agricultural College 



Thursday Evening. 



7:30— "The Michigan Experiment Station " Prof. C. D. Smith 



8:00 — "The Boiling Point" Prof. P. B. Woodworth, Agricultural College 



8:30 — "Forest Fires," illustrated lecture, Dr. W. J. Beal, Agricultural College 



Friday Morning, Feb. llf. 



9:30— "Water in the Soil" Hon. A. C. Glidden, Paw Paw 



9:50 — Discussion, led by Lewis G. Solomon, Duttbn 



10:15 — "Commercial Fertilizers — Is Their Use Proiitable for the 



General Farmer?" Prof. F. S. Kedzie, Agricultural College 



10:40 — Discussion, led by E. C. Bearce, Grand Rapids 



11:00 — "The Present Standing of Ensilage as a Food for the 



Various Kinds of Stock," Hon. I. H. Butterfield, Agricultural College 

 11:20 — Discussion, led by Henry J. Martin, Vermontviile 



Friday Afternoon. 



1:30 — "Growing Potatoes " I. N. Cowdrey, Ithaca 



1:50 — Discussion, led by L. J. Post, Lowell 



2:15 — "Forage Crops " A. A. Crozier, Agricultural College 



2:35 — Discussion, led by Franklin Barnhart, Grand Rapids 



3:15 — "Wheats for Michigan " Dr. R. C. Kedzie, Agricultural College 



