JEFFERSON COUNTY FARMERS' INSTITUTE. 1897
The present organization was completed 
in 1893 and institutes have been held in Mt. 
Vernon as follows: Spring of 1893. spring of 
1894; February 20-21,1895; February 6-8, 1896, 
and January 20-22, 1897. The 1897 institute 
was under the management of the following 
officers: President, L. N. Beal; vice president, 
John Dauner; secretary, Rev. J. D. Hooker; 
treasurer. T. C. Moss. 

The following programme was carried out: 

First day. 
Song service; invocation. Rev. Mr. Douglas, 
of Mt. Vernon; minutes of last meeting 
read and disposed of; address of welcome. 
Mayor B. C. Wells; response. Judge J. K. 
Driver, Drivers, Illinois; openintr address. 
President L. N. Beal; report of Treasurer T. C. 
Moss: recess for one hour for greeting and lunch. 

Afternoon session. 
Song; invocation. Rev. Mr. Smith, Mt. 
Vernon, Illinois; paper,The Farmer's Home. 
John Danner, of Shiloh; discussion, John 
Fergerson and others; paper, Agriculture. 
Its Past and Probable Future, Chas. Judd. 
Esq., of Moore's Prairie; discussion, Leander 
Johnson, H. R. Allen and Horace Maxey. 

Night session. 
Song; invocation, Rev. Mr. McCreary, of 
Mt. Vernon; music; address, iviayor B. C. 
Wells, Relation of City to Country: recitations, 
declamations, music and a good time. L. N. 
BEAL,, President.

Source: Annual Report By Illinois Farmers' Institute