A few years since great numbers of the report were left in the store room because the contingent fund was not sufficient to pay postage and express charges. Since we have adopted the plan of distributing through the farmers institutes, the supply is exhausted before the close of the year, and we could profitably use ten thousand copies to meet the increasing demand for these reports. The report of Farmers' Institutes embraces 327 pages, and to meet the urgent calls for it, ten thousand copies extra, in pamphlet form, have been issued. The increasing interest in agricultural and live stock improvement among the tax payers and producers is a gratifying feature in the work of the Board of Agriculture, and it is unfortunate that the reports can not appear earlier. The statistical matter in this report is not so full as in former reports, because the returns of assessors, on which our acreage of cereals is based, are not available at the time we are required by law to furnish copy for the printer. The number of institutes reported is greater than in any former year, and there are from several counties more petitions for institutes than can be held under the present division of the per capita fund. A financial statement, showing receipts and disbursements by the Board for institutes, will be found on pages 346-349. The reports of expenditures by local societies will be found on pages 350-353. By the courtesy and help of the officers of the Agricultural Experiment Station, and of the presidents and some of the professors of the three State universities, and by careful arrangement of circuits to save travel, the Board has been enabled to hold more institutes, at less cost than has any other State, notwithstanding in some western states the speakers and officers of their institutes are furnished free transportation, while in Ohio our speakers pay the railways fuil rates. The increasing use of commercial fertilizers has enlarged the work of sampling, analyzing and reporting fertilizers. The demand for the fertilizer reports has made it necessary to increase our issue, and yet many general agents are unable to get as many copies as they have agents. The State Fair was very successful and gave the Board means for painting buildings and making other needed improvements on the Fair Grounds, which are said to be the most complete and attractive in the country. All of which is very respectfully submitted. L. N. BONHAM, Secretary. Special Attractions and Sale of Privileges, paper by Hon. A. H. Kling...... A Special rather than a General Purpose Breed of Cattle, by O. E. Bradfute.. 103-106 Armstrong, Prof. T., address by, on Where the Draft Horse Excels and Pays....... 134–136 ... Ackley, Miss A. C., on What Shall Our Young People Read... 506-509 Annual Report Board of Live Stock Commissioners. (See Appendix 4, A.) 38-39 Branson, Miss E. J., The Country Home and its Influence....... 495-497 Bethel, Edward, address by, on Reforms Needed in our Methods of Handling Best Manner of Operating a Small Farm, and Advantages of Small Farming, by L. D. Moore 394-395 Bishop, T. L., on Preparation of the Land for a Wheat Crop.......... Bohl, Mrs. M. S., Necessity of the Farmers' Library... Board of Live Stock Commissioners. (See Appendix 4, A.) Bundy, D. C., on The Present Situation of the Farmer...... Butter Dairying, by Mrs. N. H. Tillman PAGE 503-504 407-411 446-449 Buker, D., on Cattle and Sheep vs. Corn and Wheat on Hill Land (for Profit)... 458-459 C Cattle and Sheep vs. Corn and Wheat on Hill Land (for Profit), by D. Buker... 458-459 478-482 Committees....... 39 Coler, E. E., address by, on The Pig for the Farmer and how to Produce it 83-84 89-92 142-143 Cowden, W. N., address by, on Reforms Needed in our Methods of Handling Dairyman's Cow and Her Keep, address by Wm. H. Gilbert............. 112-117 272-276 Dairy and Food Commissioner, annual report. (See Appendix 5, A.) 30 439-443 460-462 492-495 516-519 Election of members Entries and awards, Ohio State Fair....... Evans, W. H., on The Pride of the Farm......... Estes, J. M, on Tobacco-Instructions for its Cultivation and Curing.............. Fair, Dr. W. C., address by, on How to Breed Trotting and Pacing Horses to Success vs. Failure-Why Some Succeed While Others Fail, by G. W. Whipp 379–381 381-385 The Pride of the Farm, by W. H. Evans 385-388 To Whom, How, When and Where Shall the Farmer Market his Products? Best Manner of Operating a Small Farm and Advantages of Small Farm- 394-395 How the Small Farm has Paid, by G. S. Penfield.................................. 396-398 The Farmer and his Hired Man, by Ida A. Durbin.... 398-402 How to Keep the Boys on the Farm, by C. T. Northrop.............. 402-407 407-411 411-415 Some of the Secrets of Successful Wheat Culture, by T. B. Terry. Our Corn Crop-Some Essentials in the Cultivation and Management of a Corn Crop, by E. A. Peters........... 436-438 Tobacco-Instructions for its Cultivation and Curing, by J. M. Estes......... 439-443 443-445 Butter Dairying, by Mrs. N. H. Tillman ....... 446-449 At What Age Should Hogs Intended for Breeders be Brought to Maturity, 450-452 The Jersey Cow, by R. E. Roberts 452-456 Dehorning Cattle, by H. Sampson.. 456-458 Cattle and Sheep vs. Corn and Wheat on Hill Land (for Profit), by D. Buker 458–459 460-462 Spraying to Destroy Insects and to Prevent Fungous Diseases in Plants, by 463-465 Principles and Practice of Pruning, by W. W. Farnsworth.............. The Present System of Road-work a Failure, and a Remedy Suggested, by 485-486 Roads and Road-making, by J. B. Brigham.......... 486-491 Country vs. City, by Carrie M. Ellis......... 492-495 The Country Home and its Influence, by Mrs. E. J. Branson......... 495-497 A. Poem, by Mrs. S. E. Coffman............... 497-498 A Little Thank-Offering, by Mrs. Geo. Mentzer..... 499-501 What a Farmer's Wife Should Know, by Mrs. H. Longbon...... 501-503 SELECTED PAPERS-Continued- Necessity of the Farmer's Library, by Mrs. M. S. Bohl................... What Shall our Young People Read? by Miss A. C. Ackley........... The Education of Farmers, by Miss Anna Fox......... PAGE 503-504 504-506 506-509 509-511 511-513 513-516 516-519 ...... 519-521 521-522 522-523 466-468 77-78 482-485 511-513 Looking on the Practical Side of Life, by Mrs. 8. O. Eggert................. Farnsworth, W. W., on Principles and Practice of Pruning Grain Feeding of Young Things vs. Starving as a Means of Toughening, dis- Green and Dry Clover as a Feed, by Wm. Scott......... Green, W. J., on Spraying to Destroy Insects and to Prevent Fungous Diseases Gilbert, Wm. H., address by, the Dairyman's Cow and her Keep...... How to Produce the Pig for the farmer, address by E. E. Coler.... How to Breed Trotting and Pacing Horses to make Money, address by Dr. W. How the Small Farm has Paid, by G. S. Penfield How to Keep the Boys on the Farm, by C. T. Northrop..... Importance of Sheep Husbandry to the Farmers of Ohio, address by Hon. Wm. Karb, Hon. Mayor, address by, at Farmers' Convention.......... 171-177 474-476 521-522 83-84 130-133 396-398 402-407 54-60 150-160 355-360 370-373 411-415 422-425 76 43-45 |