LIST OF SPEAKERS AND THEIR TOPICS FOR INSTITUTE SEASON 1891 92. FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. PRESIDENT W. H. SCOTT, COLUMBUS. 1. What the Ohio State University is doing for the Farmers' Sons. 2. The Farmer Should be Free. 3. Is the Young Man Safe? 4. Opportunity on the Farm for Literary Improvement. 5. The Rewards of Endurance. 6. The Mirror of Nature. 7. Evenings at Home and Farm. FROM AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT, OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. 1. Mineral Fertilizers. PROF. H. A. WEBER, COLUMBUS. 2. Barn-Yard Manures. 3. Food Adulteration. PROF. WILLIAM R. LAZENBY, COLUMBUS. 1. Weeds and Insects. 2. Science on the Farm. 3. Grasses for Meadows, Pastures and Lawns. 4. Fruit for the Farmer's Family. 5. Tree Planting for Shade, Ornament and Timber. 6. How to Overcome the Disadvantages of Farm Life. 7. Our Agricultural Colleges, what they are and what they are not. 8. History and Management of Honey Bees. 1. The Fertilizers of the Farm. 2. The Fertilizers of Commerce. 3. Fertilizers for Wheat. (A Series, to be given in order named.) 4. Forty Years Wheat Culture in Ohio. 5. The Spraying of Orchards. 6. How to Keep the Boy on the Farm. (n.) W. J. GREEN, COLUMBUS. Spraying Orchards and Gardens as a protection against injury from fungi and insects. (With practical illustrations.) LECTURERS EMPLOYED BY THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. B. F. ALBAUGH, COVINGTON. 1. Profitable Wheat Culture. 2. Horticulture on the Farm. 3. The Better Way in Butter-making. 4. Tile Drainage. 5. Our Boys. Alva Agee, CHESHIRE, O. 1. The Farmer as a Student. 2. The Needs of the Farmer. 3. How Shall We Educate Our Children? 5. Mixed Farming vs. Specialties. COL. J. H. BRIGHAM, DELTA, 0. 1. Some Suggestions to Ambitious Boys on the Farm. 2. Taxation. 3. Will Western Competition Drive Eastern Stock Growers to the Wall? 4. Should Eastern Farmers Be Taxed to Irrigate and Bring Under Cultivation the Deserts of the West? 5. Ranch Farming in the Northwest. WALDO F. BROWN, OXFORD, O. 1. Weeds. 2. A Wheat Talk. 3. Trees-What, When and How to Plant. 4. The When and the How in Farming. 5. A Garden Talk. 6. Barns and other Buildings. 7. Foods and Feeding. 8. Incidental Profite of the Farm. 9. Wanted, a Man. (n.) W. I. CHAMBERLAIN, HUDSON, O. 1. Luck (?) in Farming. 2. Why we Tile Drain Land. 3. How to Tile Drain Land. (Illustrated.) 4. The Orchard: Its Profits. 5. The Sugar Camp: Its Care and Profits. 6. Wheat: Its Importance and Cultivation. 7. Barns for Stock and Crops. (Illustrated.) 8. Diversified vs. Mixed or Specialty Farming. 9. Official Crop Reports: A Help or a Hindrance to us? |