NOTES ON MICHIGAN INSTITUTE WORK. 



We had hoped to give quite a full account of the various phases of 

 our Institute work in Michigan, but space forbids it in this bulletin. We 

 shall content ourselves with mentioning a few of the features that have 

 been made prominent during the past winter. 



At the outset I wish to acknowledge the assistance from the various 

 hotels and fpom the Michigan Passenger Association of the State. At 

 many of the hotels we were able to secure reduced rates, and the Michi- 

 gan Passenger Association granted our workers half rates while 

 engaged in Institute work. This made a great saving in our expense 

 account and enabled us to do much more extensive work than we could 

 otherwise have performed with the amount appropriated. 



THE LONG INSTITUTE. 



The program of this Institute appears in another portion of the bulle- 

 tin. It will be noticed that the idea of the Institute is that of a school, 

 in this case a school of horticulture. Each lecturer came on the program 

 at a certain hour on each of the four days, and the arrangement of his 

 topic was, as near as could be, in a sequence. Thus each lecturer was 

 enabled to cover his subject with a much greater degree of thoroughness 

 than is usual at Institute meetings. As an illustration of the method, 

 we have published in this bulletin Mr. Roland Morrill's lectures on the 

 peach. Mr. Morrill is authority on this subject, and it is safe to say that 

 this series of lectures is one of the most complete and authoritative 

 extant. The other lectures were of the same order of thoroughness and 

 completeness. This long Institute was, in every respect, a success, and, 

 while it was largely an experiment in Michigan, it will undoubtedly be 

 continued and enlarged. 



mechanics' sections. 



At Bay City, Saginaw, and Battle Creek, the Mechanical Department 

 of the Agricultural College, under the charge of Prof. C. L. Weil, and 

 assisted by Prof. Chamberlain and Messrs. Wescott and Newell, con- 

 ducted an evening session for the young mechanics of the city. At the 

 "round-up" at Grand Rapids two evenings were devoted to this work, 



