Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-01-31
he made to his experience along this

implements arranged Ntly gracefully Oh
,he stage reminded hun OF his tools,
which were arranged IN The same artistic
manner, and remained SO all summer.
lie then told how farmers can be of great
service to the cause OF education by
sending to Alma college, specimens of
nat Lral history and plant life, which
they may discover, and then by send
ing their sons and daughters here, or
| to some other educational institution,
and showed by his own experience the
value of an education III the humble
work of the farm and in the home.
The first part of the session Wednes-
day morning was given up to questions
and answers. Miss Nettie Comstock
of Ithaca then read most excellent
paper on Early "reminiscences OF
Gratiot county," which, to the large
number of hardy pioneers present,
proved to be one of the most enjoyable
papers read at the institute This very
excellent paper Will be published Ill
| full III the weekly papers
Hon II, l.. Taylor of Lapeer then
spoke very entertainingly and instruct
lively on the honey bee and bee keeping.
he said the visit of bees to the fruit
blossom is almost Indispensable III the
production Of fruit-especlally OF
apples, pears, plums. La clover too
the bee is very decided benefit
Experiments have shown that trees
while in blossom, which have been
Visited by bees, have yielded larger
productions.
Mr.. Taylor, at great length, spoke
of the habits, care and feeding OF bees
of the work done in the field and IN TIT
hive 10y the worker bee, the queen bee
and even the much-abused drone.
The discussion which followed
showed that no small proportion of thu
farmers in this county are interested
IN bee culture.
The first paper Wednesday after
noon was one by Lieut.. &. +. Schneider
of Lansing, on The weather bureau
its forecasts and its weather crop bull
letin.' MIR. Schneider gave history
of the inception and growth OF thu
weather bureau, national and state, II
use to men in every business, and II
the medical and legal professions. III
explained the manner in which obser
yations are taken, recorded aud trans
mitted, and illustrated his paper by
means Of large maps rAe paper wa
2 written by an enthusiastic student o
the science, To The study of which h
! has gwen years OF hard, patient, pal rs
, taking work
| At the close of Lieut. Schneider
2 address, Z NJ Smith, observer at thi
place, explained the significance OF tn
Y flags in use by the weather bureau, an
4 the great help of these signals, togethe
t with the reports which he sends on
every day, 10 the farmers OF thl
Y county.
: At this point the Alma Light Guard
e came upon the stage, commanded b
!, Capt Theodore Nelson and Lieu
n Watson Irwin, and gave an exhibitio
g drill. To the delight Of the large aud
e ence present, if one may judge 10y tt
e applause which greeted them at II
It Close of the drill.
3 The subject OF lothian Aliens pape
d the Three Is" had been poser
l. every one who read the program, as
. what he would talk about, wheth'
y theology, taxation,o or the tariff, 50 TIL
IS not little surprise was occaslone
3. when he announced his subject a
e TILES, Tillage and Thought Undt
10 each head, Mr.. Allen presented bel
Is ful, practical suggestions, and beto
g, he closed took occasion 10 round
10 score the board of supervisors for Co
~ Stunning so much of the peoples time
u the transaction of business Whit
id could have been done in much lie
I'd time. lie also dwslt at some leng'
Or upon the defects in our present syste
We of education and the lack of practic
in thought in school work.
ne Hon. G. H. Morse was to lead Il
III discussion on this subject This M
TT Morse, did not try to do, but spo
o. briefly to his many friends in the aut
as ence of HE own experience along
ed lines of farm work, discussed far
I'd management and how to make {
ly farm pay, from the standpoint OF
IS. practical tiller of the soil. Mr.. Nor
r. spoke of the large acreage of land
it this county suitable to the cultivate
AS of peppermint; told of the profits to
lis made from the cultivation of this GRO
MS and advised all who could to engage
Ie, Il.
al Hon. William Ball Of Hamburg re-
b. a paper on 1.-The value of IMPROVE
ad live stock" He said the value
tn stock depends on the uses to which
is put, and its adaptation to the locall
to He condemned i'll strong terms
ey practice of feeding and caring