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WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2G, 7:00 O'CLOCK. 



Governor A. T. Bliss in the chair. 

 Music. 

 Introductory Address by the Presiding Officer. 

 The Department of Agriculture and the Farmer. 



Hon. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. G. 

 Dependence of Agriculture on Transportation. 



Hon. E. A. Prouty, Member Interstate Commerce Gommissioa, 

 Washington, D. C. 

 Dependence of Agriculture on the Home Market, 



C. D. Jones, University of Michigan. 

 Music. 

 The music for this session is furnished by the College band. 

 Reception in honor of Secretary Wilson at the Women's Building 

 immediately on the adjournment of this meeting. 



THURSDAY FORENOON, FEBRUARY 27. 



8 :30 a. m. — Conference of County Secretaries, Delegates and Institute 



W^orkers in the College Chapel. 

 8 :30 a. m. — Classes in Cooking and Sewing in the Women's Building. 

 8:30 a. m. — Lectures and Demonstrations in Grafting and Budding at the 



Horticultural Laboratory. 

 8:30 a. m. — Exercises in Judging Sheep at the Agricultural Laboratory. 



COLLEGE ARMORY, 10 :00 A. M. 



J. D. Towar, Agricultural College, in the chair. 

 A discussion of the Factors entering into the Economical Production of 

 a crop of Sugar Beets, led by 



W. H. Gilbert, Lansing, on Preparation of the Soil and Seeding; 

 C. T. Richards, Alma, Thinning and Cultivating; 

 I. D. Suydam, St. Louis, Harvesting. 

 A free discussion follows in which all talks are limited to five minutes 

 each. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 27, 2:00 O'CLOCK. 



T. G. Adams, Shelbyville, in the chair. 

 Music. — Piano trio, - - Misses Barrows, Grossman and Barton. 

 A discussion of the Factors entering into the profitable production of meat 

 in Michigan in competition with the Corn belt, led by 



J. J. Ferguson, Agricultural College, on the kind and quality of 

 stock to raise. 



Song, "Chant d' Amour," C. Chaminade. 



Irving Gingrich, M. A. C. 

 A. M. Welch, Ionia, The silo for lambs and steers. 

 Hon. L. W. Watkins, Manchester, The simplest method of handling the 

 corn crop. 



