Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1889-02-07

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The music, by the Crawling Glee
Club. which was intefspersed in the
night sessions was pleasant feature.
appropriate to the occasion, and excel
lently rendered. q
A. j. Rose. president of the Craw~
ford County Agricultural Society,
aiade the address OF weIcoIns In his
usual happy vein, and was heartily ap
plauded and the response by Hon. Ed
win Willetts, president of the Agrieul-
tural College. was ell that eould,be de-
sired. aud his positive assurance that
he had faith in the agricultural future
of this section, seemed to infuse new
courage in the minds of the audience.
w. II. James not being present, the
essay on Farm Life" was not reseiv-
ed as anticipated.
The views of the Agricultural Col
lege, as exhibited by the Sterreopti-
con. were very fine. and their descrip-
ton with that of College life, by Prof.
l.. G. Colbnrn, made the balance OF
the evening almost equal in pleasure
to an absolute visit to that grand in
stitution. in which every man In Mich
igan should feeia personal pride.
FRIDAY MORNING
The interested farmers were promptly
on hand and the fist paper by II. 7.
Shafer, of Center Plains, Wheat and
Corn on the Plains" being one of i'm
mediate interest to nearly all present,
was well received and called out
large discussion Into which the clover
question took a prominent place. Our
space forbids even an epitone of the
remarks. but they were full of inter-
est and practical common sense.
The subject of Gardens wac pre-
sented by J. Steckert, ESQ. Of South
Branch. and its many phaes In this
locality presented by different parties.
Prof. L. r. Taft of the Agricultural
College, discussed seeds" giving a
history of their manner of growth,
the time which they rsthined vitality,
the plan of termination of different
varieties, the depth they should be
planted, and filed his time with spe-
cial interest.
He was followed by Prof. F. s. Ked-
zie, with q lecture on Fire Extinguish-
ers, which was illustrated by a fine line
of experiments exhibiting the princi-
Piles of combustion, and showing what
will prevent such combustion, and a
practical illustration of the efficacy of
his plan of extinguishInent was given
! in the street and witnessed with espe-
cial interest. as being of practical use
TO everybody.
In the afternoon session, Mr.. j. j.
Coventry failed to appear, and the
time was used in the discussion of the
fruit question. A paper on that sub
ject being presented by Henry Funck,
of South Branch, detailing his expert
ence, which has been very satisfacto-
ry, and proves that we are not to live
without fruit, If we choose to raise it.
The subject of Forestry" was next
presented by Prof. w. J. Beal, who is
thoroughly interested in the work.
The evening session was opened with
music by the glee club, followed by an
essay, "Woman's work on the farm, "
by Mrs. May NJ. Barker, of Frederic,
"a paper filled with plain, practical,
common sense facts, presented in a
pleasant manner, which received the
closest attention of the audience.
DIR. 4. G. Kedzie gave full descrip-
ton of the proposed work, and the ac-
complished Results on the Expert.
mental Farm" illustrated by diagrams
and large number of specimen plants
of last seasons growth. AS the paper
is given in the published report of Ag-
riculture for 1888, which was freely
distributed, 1t Is useless to reproduce
il. His practical work and common
sense views have imbued our people
with implicit faith In him, and has in
creased their faith and interest in the
agricultural possibilities of the
Plains"
The Institute was pronounced sue
cess in every respect, and will be of
great benefit to this section in the dis
Summation of knowledge. It closed
with the unanimous endorsement of
the following
REPORT OF COMMITTEE:
We the Committee on Resolutions
would most respectfully submit the
following: 5te
Resolced, That the organization of
this Institute and the attendance there
of is of the most substantial value to
us as farmers; and that we have had u
good time, and that our thanks are
due to all those who have exerted
themselves to contribute to this result.
and that we assure them of our hearty
appreciation of their efforts.
Resoloed, That we earnestly desire
the Agricultural Society here at this
time, to take some decisive steps to
stimulate action among the farming