FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 237 



by Dr. Guernsey; both of these books can be bought at Boericke & Tafel's 

 Homeopathy Pharmacy, 44 East Madison street, Chicago. 



I must say a word about unwelcome children — and there are so many — 

 not conceived because of a wish or desire for a child, but only the gratifi- 

 cation of a beastly passion that God meant should be pure and holy, and 

 but for the reproduction of life. When the possibilities of a child, con- 

 ceived and born because it is desired, is placed against one that is but the 

 result of passion, and the two are watched in their development, the dif- 

 ference is so marked. One is all that can be desired in a child, the other 

 all that is undesirable. 



For half an hour Dr. Norris replied to a multitude of questions asked 

 by the ladies in the audience upon live topics that reached every mother's 

 heart. 



LEOTUEES BY STATE SPEAKERS 



NOT DELIVERED AT THE ROUND-UP. 



The following are abstracts of articles which were given at a large 

 number of institutes during the winter, but which, for lack of time, were 

 crowded out of the Eound-Up program: 



OBSTACLES TO ROAD IMPROVEMENT; CAN THEY BE 



REMOVED? 



PROF. H. K. VBDDER, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



From inception to construction, from the first desire for something bet- 

 ter to the final completion of solid roads, there are difficulties to be met 

 at every turn. There are two periods in the history of any road. The 

 first includes all the time from recognizing the need of a given road up 

 to the beginning of its construction, and the second is concerned with the 

 actual building, the methods, materials, etc. What follows is an attempt 

 to consider only the difficulties met in the first period, the things that 

 interfere with any project looking toward improvement, with some sug- 

 gestions for their removal. 



Perhaps it will tend to clearness if there be offered a list of 

 hindrances that seem to me to stand in the way of successful organiza- 

 tion and improvement, followed by a brief consideration of each. On 

 this plan I submit as the chief obstacles: 



1. Lack of interest and need of awakening to the advantages and 

 profitableness of good roads. 



2. The fact that roads cost money. 



3. The fact that roads cost thought ; that is, good roads do, and therein 

 is an important difference between good roads and common roads. 



