ANNUAL REl'ORT. 177 



"INFORM. \T1()X ABOUT INSTrrUTKS— kJ^AD 

 CARIlFULLY. 



"'riic I'anners' Institute is, l)ricfly speakin*;', a 'school ot 

 instruction.' Its purpose is to teach the most approxed metli- 

 o<ls of ai^ricukural practice; to create a desire for future knowl- 

 edije and point out how it may be obtained ; to sugg^est to the 

 farmer how he may increase the profits and derive greater 

 ])leasure from his farm; in short, to disseminate such practical 

 and helpful information as the dwellers on our farms need to 

 know. 



"In conducting the present campaign of Institutes through- 

 out Connecticut it is proposed to make each Institute of prac- 

 tical interest and benefit to both young and old. to the women as 

 well as the men. The speakers and their suhjeets will all he 

 up-to-date and praetieal, no theory about it. The co-operation 

 of all wlio are interested in the advancement of our State's 

 agricultural interests is most cordially invited and it is hoped 

 that the Institute will become a permanent feature, each year, 

 in every town. 



"Our Speakers. — Those who have been selected to address 

 the Institutes this year are all men of practical experience in 

 tlieir several lines of work. They are men who have made a' 

 marked success in some branch of farming or in scientific work 

 and are competent to instruct others. 



"Subjects they will discuss embrace General Fruit Culture 

 — .\p])le and Peach Orcharding — Berries and Small F'ruits — 

 Spraying — Packing and Marketing — Diseases and Insect 

 Pests — Poultrv Raising — ^Market Gardening and Farm Crops 

 — 11ie Home Garden, etc., etc. The list of available speakers 

 is as follows : 



"Prof. A. G. Gulley, Connecticut Agricultural College. 



"J. 11. Hale, South Glastonbury. 



"Pnjf. L. A. Clinton, Uirect<jr, Storrs l'"..\i)eriment Station. 



"N. S. Piatt, New Haven. 



"J. II. Putnam. Litchfield. 



Prof. W. E. Britton, State Entomologist. 



"J. Norris Barnes, Yalesville. 



"Dr. E. 11. Jenkins, Director. Connecticut Exiieriment 

 Station. 



