STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ROUND-UP INSTITUTE. 



As it seemed to be the general opinion of the institute officers and 

 workers that the Agricultural College was the best place for holding 

 the Eound-up Institute, the meeting was called at that place, February 

 23, 24, 25 and 2G. The weather had been unusually cold and stormy 

 and in some sections of the State the railroads were blocked so as to 

 prevent the running of trains; many who expected to attend were 

 unable to secure competent persons to look after their stock, while 

 sickness made it impossible for others to attend. In spite of this, how- 

 ever, the attendance was fully up to the average and the Round-up 

 Institute was considered by all to compare favorably with those held 

 in previous years. 



The State Dairymen's Association had for several years held its 

 annual meeting in Lansing during the month of February, and a sug- 

 gestion was made to the executive officers of the society that a joint 

 meeting be held at the College. Similar invitations were extended to 

 the officers of the Michigan Beekeepers' Association and of the State 

 Horticultural Society. All of these were accepted and arrangements 

 were made for special sessions of the societies in addition to the joint 

 sections. The joint dairy sessions were called for Wednesday forenoon 

 and afternoon ; the session with the Michigan Beekeepers' Association was 

 held Friday forenoon and that with the State Horticultural Society upon 

 Friday afternoon. The State Dairymen's Association held meetings in 

 the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol on Tuesday afternoon and even- 

 ing and again on Thursday forenoon. The special meetings of the 

 Beekeepers' Association were held in the College chapel on Thursday 

 evening and Friday afternoon. 



One of the interesting features of the Round-up Institute was the 

 series of demonstration lectures given each morning by several of the 

 departments of the College. Outlines of the work will be given later 

 on in the report. 



Arrangements were made with the students' boarding clubs to pro- 

 vide dinners and suppers for the visitors who returned to Lansing after 

 the close of the evening sessions, and found lodgings at the hotels and 

 boarding houses in the city. The street cars during the entire week 

 gave excellent service and handled the crowd without any delays. 



A souvenir badge was provided for the delegates and speakers. In 

 addition to a ribbon giving the date and place of the meeting and the 

 names of the societies with which joint sessions were held, it bore a 

 medallion with the portrait of the late Hon. Franklin Wells, for nearly 

 thirty years president of the State Board of Agriculture. 



