316 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



No. 1. Best exhibit of fruit. Premiums: 1st, |15; 2d, $10; 3d, |5. 



No. 2. Best exhibit of grains and grasses. Premiums: 1st, |15; 2d, 

 $10; 3d, |5. This should include grains in straw as well as seeds of both 

 grains and grasses. 



No. 3. Best exhibit of vegetables. Premiums: 1st, |15; 2d, $10; 

 3d, |5. 



No. 4. Best exhibit of maps, charts, characteristic soils, and other 

 material showing the resources of the county. Premiums: 1st, $10; 

 2d, |5. 



RULES. 



Rule 1. Exhibits Nos. 1, 2, and 3 must be grown, and exhibit No. 4 

 prepared, by fully paid up members of a legal county Institute society, 

 and accompanied by a certificate of this fact, signed by the secretary of 

 the Institute society making the exhibit. 



Rule 2. All exhibits must be properly and conspicuously labeled. 



Rule 3. All exhibits not accompanied by a person will be put up by 

 society. 



Rule 4. All exhibits must be shown together, i. e., all fruit together, 

 vegetables together, etc. 



Rule 5. Entry to be made by secretary county Institute society. 

 Entries close September 1. 



Rule 6. Quality and variety to count with judges, rather than 

 quantity. 



Rule 7. No county shall have more than one entry in each exhibit. 



WOMAN'S WORK. 



The woman's work at Farmers' Institutes the past season was of two 

 kinds. One was performed by Miss Margaret M. Sill, of Detroit, 

 who attended the Institutes at Pontiac, Adrian, and Caro, spend- 

 ing two afternoons at each Institute in a session for the women, in which 

 she gave demonstration lectures in cooking. She also gave a lecture 

 before the woman's section in the ''round-up" at Grand Rapids. Miss 

 Sill reports as follows in regard to the work formed last winter: 

 *'At Caro there were 75 the first day and over 100 the second. At Adrian 

 the first day there were over 200, and on account of the weather about 

 50 the second day. At Pontiac there were about 60 the first day and 40 

 the second. 



"I found the greatest interest shown for this work in all the places I 

 was at, and particularly at Caro and Adrian. The ladies seem 

 to desire this work and to my mind it is one of the most important parts 

 of Institute work. Last year I heard from two sources of those who had 

 gone on with the work, simply through being interested at the Institutes 

 the year before, and in one case the girl had earned quite a little towards 

 her support by this work. As far as I could judge from talking with the 

 people and from the interest shown for the work, I would advise a great 

 many of these lectures this next winter. I speak from an entirely disinter- 

 ested point of view now, and particularly in places away from the large 

 cities. There certainly is a large field for this work and I do not think 

 it can be overlooked now." 



Yours very truly, 



Margaret M. Sill. 



