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is a certainty, and, in proportion as the methods of the tillers of the soil improve, 

 so will their conditions improve, and the day is not far distant when the producers 

 will be taking their entitled place in the estimation of the people. — Barry Countv 

 Democrat, Jan. 23, 18!)6. 



The Farmers' Institute Tuesday and Wednesday was an unusually successful 

 meeting, and the attendance was very large during both the day and night sessions. 

 Every section of the county had representatives present both days, some of the 

 farmers driving twenty-five miles. The interest manifested in the dairying lec- 

 tures and the discussion of this most important feature of farming, demonstrated 

 the fact that Branch county farmers are at last awakening to the knowledge that 

 they must turn their attention to this profitable feature of farming or be driven 

 from the farm by the low price of almost every other farm product. — Coldwater 

 Republican, Jan. 31, 1896 



First annual meeting of Marquette County Farmers' Institute was crowned with 

 success. Nearly 2,300 people attended the six sessions. The three men sent here 

 by the State Board of Agriculture thoroughly versed in both practical and scientific 

 farming. — Marquette Mining Journal, Jan. 10, 1896. 



The success of the Farmers' Institute must be highly gratifying to those officers 

 of the local society who have worked so faithfully to make it what it has been. 

 The attendance has been large, while the keen interest manifested proves the deep 

 interest in progressive methods taken by our farmers and fruit growers. The dis- 

 cussions, no less than the formal addresses, have been thoroughly practical. Excel- 

 lent ideas have been presented by men who have gained their knowledge in the 

 college of experience, the university of the farm. The bright exchange of ideas 

 from so many experts and intelligent observers will have a stimulating effect on 

 all who have attended the Institute. Socially, too, it is a great benefit for all who 

 have thus mingled together in these meetings. The farmers and the members of 

 their families have met friends from other neighborhoods than their own and have 

 thus helped to develop a more friendly interest. It has been good, too. to have 

 this interchange of courtesies between the people of this city and their friends 

 from the farms. Out of this Institute there should come a better acquaintance 

 between city and country folks, more fellowship and closer sympathy. The Insti- 

 tute has been a thorough success. The "Chronicle" takes pleasure in devoting so 

 much space to its proceedings and in thus bringing the Institute home to so many 

 who were unable to attend the meetings. — Muskegon Chronicle, Jan. 15, 1896. 



The Farmers' Institute held at the court house last Wednesday and Thursdaj' 

 may be put down as a grand success. The attendance was large and the consensus 

 of opinion among the farmers is that it was a most profitable farmers' gath- 

 ering. Deputy E. B. Ward, of the State Grange, and the gentlemen representing 

 the State Board of Agriculture, vote it the most successful Institute yet held in 

 northern Michigan. — Charlevoix Sentinel, Jan. 22, 1896. 



The crowds that have packed the hall at every session since the first forenoon, 

 show very conclusively that the farmers are waking up and taking an interest in 

 better and more scientific methods of carrying on their business. Let the good 

 work go on. — Harbor Springs Republican, Jan. 15, 1896. 



The Institute may justly be pronounced a decided success in every respect, and 

 we believe it will result in great good by its instruction and by awakening new 

 interest and new thought along these lines. The Institute was well attended, but 

 we are sorry to say that many of our farmers did not avail themselves of these 

 opportunities. — Luther Observer, Nov. 22, 1895. 



The Farmers' Institue held here the 28th and 29th was a decided success from 

 every point of view. The largest attendance, the most enthusiasm, the greatest 

 interest and the best music is the unanimous verdict of all present. Altogether, 

 the affair was all that could be desired, and its success was the admiration and 

 wonder of all. — Wayne County Review, Jan. 31, 1896. 



The two days' State Farmers' Institute was held Wednesday and Thursday of 

 last week and was an unqualified success. — Charlotte Tribune, Feb. 26, 1896. 



