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Third Session. 



Opportunities for Young Men Who Secure an Agricultural Education- 

 President W. E. Stone, Purdue University. 



Wliy and How Educate the Home Maker— Miss Laura G. Day, Wichita, 

 Kan., and Mrs. Meredith, Professor of Home Economies, University 

 of Minnesota. 



Fourth Session. 



Feeding Sheep and Lambs— Walter Wood, Pendleton. 



Best Methods of Feeding— J. J. W. Billingsley, Indianapolis. 



Fifth Session. 



Food and Energy— H. P. Armsby, Director Pennsylvania Experiment Sta- 

 tion. 

 Securing a Market: 



(1) Establishing a Reputation— F. H. Rankin, Champaign, 111. 



(2) A Clean Bill of Health— Dr. A. W. Bitting. Veterinarian Purdue 



Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 Selling— A. G. Burkhart, Tipton. 



The several topics presented were freely discussed by the audience. 

 The meeting was considered a highly profitable one. The attendance aver- 

 aged about 125. 



ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF INSTITUTE WORKERS. 



The Fifth State Conference of Institute Workers was held at Purdue 

 University, October 14 and 15, 1902. In interest and attendance this 

 conference far exceeded any preceding one. Every county in the State, 

 except six, was represented by one or more persons— generally by the 

 county chairman or secretary. The counties without representation were: 

 Daviess, Knox, Noble, Orange, Perry and Sullivan. 



The full program of the conference is as follows: 



PROGRAM. 

 Tuesday, 9:30 a. m., N. W. Slater, Marshfield, Presiding. 

 Invocation— Rev. T. F. Herman, Pastor German Reformed Church, La- 

 fayette. 

 Greeting— President W. E. Stone. 

 Our Live Stock and Dairy Interests- 

 Why and How Encourage the Dairy Industry?— C. P. Goodrich, Ft. 

 Atkinson, Wisconsin; Prof. H. E. VanNorman, Purdue University. 



