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of doing SO in the future. Their success has been due both to the active 

 interest talien in them by the women furnished as state speakers and to 

 the work done by the presidents and secretaries of the women's sections. 

 Where these officers have taken an interest in the matter and have 

 thoroughly advertised the meetings, hardly a failure has occurred. 



When the time came to locate the Round-up Institute, the universal 

 opinion of all parties consulted was that it should be held at the Agri- 

 cultural College and it was so located by the Board of Agriculture. 

 The program in full is herewith submitted. In arranging for the meet- 

 ing it was thought best to afford the visitors an opportunity to investi- 

 gate the work being done by the College and that this might be possible 

 without losing any of the program of the institute proper, arrange- 

 ments were made for demonstration lectures by a large number of the 

 departments each morning previous to the opening of the regular ses- 

 sion of the institute. The exercises in stock judging, butter making, 

 cooking, sewing, grafting, pruning, spraying, etc., were of much interest 

 to those who were on hand to watch them and proved a very instructive 

 part of the program. 



In addition to the regular addresses and discussions, arrangements 

 were also made for two or three pieces of music for each session. As 

 will be noted in the program, the College cadet band, under the leader- 

 ship of W. F. Jordan, and the M. A. C. orchestra, with Leon Netzorg 

 as leader, furnished a number of selections, and the musical department 

 of the College, under the direction of Miss Freyhofer, provided several 

 instrumental and vocal pieces. As in previous years, when the insti- 

 tute has been held at the College, Superintendent J. E. St. John, of 

 the State Industrial School for Boys, kindly consented to allow the choir 

 and band of that institution to assist in the musical part of the pro- 

 gram and on Wednesday and Friday afternoons, the visitors were more 

 than pleased with the selections furnished. 



L. R. TAFT, 

 Superintendent. 

 Agricultural College, Michigax, 

 June 30, 190 J,. 



