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given their full share of attention. The woman's section conducted by 

 Mrs. Mayo was a great success, and right here I wish to say that the 

 grange is doing a splendid good work in this county, and it was notice- 

 able that very many of the most able and enthusiastic members and 

 attendants of this meeting were members of some of the granges. Let 

 the good work go on, the Institute and the grange hand in hand. During 

 the progress of the meeting a local Institute society was organized, and 

 a large number of members secured. The society is in good hands, and, 

 judging from the interest in this, the first, the next Institute in Newaygo 

 county will be one to be remembered. 



OAKLAND COUNTY — PONTIAC. 



A feature of the Institute at Pontiac was an exhibit of farm products; 

 this was only a small exhibit, but it was helpful. We can see no good 

 reason why such an exhibit on a more extended scale would not be a 

 valuable educational feature of a Farmers' Institute. Oakland county 

 was no exception to the general rule, that the Institutes were greatly 

 strengthened by the timely aid of graduates and present and former 

 students of the Michigan Agricultural College. Owing to some disap- 

 pointments in securing proper material for the woman's section, this part 

 of the Institute was not so successful and popular as it was in other 

 places. 



OCEANA COUNTY — HART. 



The Institute opened on a cold and stormy Monday morning, but by 

 noon the court room where the meeting was held was well filled. As 

 Hart is in a section where the principal industry is fruit raising, the 

 interest was good along lines that in any way related to that subject. 

 Among the most commendable features of this Institute were the 

 endeavors made by the officers of the local Institute association to inter- 

 est the farmers and secure their attendance. The success was so great 

 that at the time of the election of officers for the next year, all but one of 

 the townships had representatives present. At noon each day dinner 

 was provided at one of the restaurants for all from outside of the town- 

 ship. At this Institute the committee of arrangements added much to 

 the attractiveness of the court room by tastefully decorating the walls 

 and rostrum, and by the exhibits of fruits, flowers, vegetables and grains 

 which had been secured. 



OGEMAW COUNTY — ROSE CITY. 



This was the first Farmers' Institute held in the county, in a new vil- 

 lage at the end of a new railroad. One would expect to find matters in 

 crude shape for holding an Institute. On the contrary, a good hall was 

 provided, the advertising had been well distributed, and as a matter of 

 course, the people were eager to attend and participate. The opening 

 address by the Hon. A. S. Rose was a model of its kind. The papers pre- 

 sented by local talent were all good, and two of them, that of C. J. 

 Phelps on "Potato Culture," and one by Mrs. Adelaide Schick on ''The 



