HELD IN THE COURT HOUSE, STROUDSBURG, PA., HARRISBURG, PA.: WM. STANLEY RAY, STATE PRINTER SUMMARY OF CONTENTS Page. List of Institute Lecturers, Proceedings Annual Normal Institute, Members State Board of Agriculture, Proceedings Spring Meeting Board of Agriculture, List County Chairman, Address of Welcome, Hon. Charles B. Staples, Address of Welcome, Hon. C. L. Edinger, Response to Address of Welcome, E. B. Dorsett, 347458 (3) Apples: Starting the Young Orchard and Treatment of Bearing Trees: Sheldon W. Funk, 172 Handling and Marketing Apples, F. H. Fassett, 178 PREFACE Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., July 15, 1914. There is perhaps no source of information upon subjects relating to either practical or scientific agriculture that is so easily available as the Farmers' Institute, and whatever adds to the efficiency of these institutes is of paramount importance. The hope of increasing their usefulness to the farmers of the State has led to the establishment of what is known as the Farmers' Normal Institute, in which all institute managers and lecturers of the State come together once a year for consultation and instruction. In order that the instruction given at these institutes may be available to the greatest possible number, this Department publishes in bulletin form their proceedings, and so we send out the following bulletin, No. 253, containing the full proceedings of the Normal Institute held at Stroudsburg, Pa., May 26, to 28, 1914, in the hope that it may prove helpful upon the many farms and in the many farmhouses to which it may come. N. B. CRITCHFIELD, Secretary of Agriculture. |