MEETING OF THE FARMERS' ANNUAL NORMAL

INSTITUTE

Call to order 1.30.

PROGRAM

First Session convenes Tuesday Afternoon, May 21, 1912.

MR. F. D. KERRICK, Towanda, Pa., Chairman.

Addresses of Welcome, by Hon. Wm. Maxwell, Judge, Bradford County
Court, Towanda, Pa.

Benj. Kuykendall, Esq., President, Bradford
County Agricultural Society, Towanda, Pa.

G. E. Frost, Esq., Burgess, Towanda, Pa.

Response, by Hon. John K. Tener, Governor of Pennsylvania,
Harrisburg, Pa.

1. "FACTS ABOUT ROAD CONSTRUCTION: THE NEW LAW."

Hon. Edward M. Bigelow, State Highway
Commissioner, Harrisburg, Pa.

Tuesday Evening, May 21, 1912.

MR. C. H. DEWITT, Mansfield, Pa., Chairman.

Call to order 7.30.

1. "ORGANIZATION FOR SOIL EFFICIENCY."

Dr. Thomas F. Hunt, Dean, Experiment
Station, State College, Pa.

2. "THE FARMER AND THE CHESTNUT BLIGHT."

Prof. Samuel B. Detwiler, Executive Officer, Chestnut Blight Commission, Philadelphia, Pa.

Wednesday Morning, May 22, 1912.

MR. D. A. KNUPPENBURG, Lake Carey, Pa., Chairman.

Call to order 9.30.

1. "CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ORCHARD."

F. H. Fassett, Meshoppen, Pa.

2. "FEEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF DAIRY COWS."

Prof. H. E. Van Norman, State College, Pa.

Wednesday Afternoon, May 22, 1912.

MR. F. A. DAVIES, Montrose, Pa., Chairman.

Call to order 1.30.

1. "LIVESTOCK SANITATION.”

Dr. C. J. Marshall, State Veterinarian,
Harrisburg, Pa.

2. "HORSE BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT.”

Dr. Carl W. Gay, Director Horse Breeding, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Wednesday Evening, May 22, 1912

MRS. JEAN KANE FOULKE, West Chester, Pa., President.

Call to order 7.30.

1. "HOME HYGIENE."

2. "RURAL UPLIFT."

Miss Mary A. Burnite, No. 509 West 121st
St., New York City.

Mrs. E. E. Powers, Pennsdale, Pa.

3. "HYGIENE AND SANITATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS."

Dr. A. L. Russell, Midway, Pa.

Thursday Morning, May 23, 1912.

MR. A. T. CRITTENDEN, Oswayo, Pa., Chairman.

Call to order 9.30.

1. "IMPORTANCE OF FIELD WORKERS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BETTER METHODS IN AGRICULTURE."

Dr. J. D. Detrich, Chatham, N. Y.
L. W. Lighty, East Berlin, Pa.

2. "USE OF DYNAMITE IN FARM OPERATIONS."

(Illustrated.)

Willard Young, Wilmington, Del.

Note:-Demonstrations by actual practice will be made on a nearby farm.

HON. A. L. MARTIN, Director, Harrisburg, Pa., Chairman.

Call to order 1.30.

1. "REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON CO-OPERATION."

Messrs. R. P. Kester, Grampian, Pa.
E. P. Dorsett, Mansfield, Pa.
Archie Pillings, Edinboro, Pa.

2. "CO-OPERATION OF TARMERS."

Prof. Franklin Menges, York, Pa.

3. THIS PERIOD WILL BE DEVOTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF INSTITUTE WORK.

Note: The session is open for discussion to all County Chairman of Institutes and Lecturers, and it is expected that each member will come prepared to offer a suggestion looking to the development of the work. Five minutes' time is allotted to each member.

Thursday Evening, May 23, 1912.

MR. W. A. CRAWFORD, Cooperstown, Pa., Chairman.

Call to order 7.30.

1. "SOME LESSONS IN NATURAL HISTORY."

(Illustrated with lantern slides.)

W. H. Stout, Pinegrove, Pa.

2. "MODERN METHODS OF FINISHING AND DRESSING POULTRY." (Illustrated with lantern slides.)

Prof. R. V. Mitchell, State College, Pa.

3. "FARM BUILDINGS OF CONCRETE.”

(Illustrated with lantern slides.)

E. S. FOWLER, Chicago, Ill.

Friday Morning, May 24, 1912.

MR. PETER GEARHART, Clearfield, Pa., Chairman.

Call to order 9.00.

1. VISITING POINTS OF INTEREST IN COUNTY, EMBRACING A NUMBER OF DAIRY FARMS STOCKED WITH HERDS OF JERSEY. GUERNSEY AND HOLSTEIN CATTLE..

Note:-Session will be held at one of these farms at which instruction will be given in Barn Sanitation and points of excellence in the Dairy Cow.

Closing remarks and adjournment.