Recommends that most hailstorm relief supplies be in the form of feed for teams, and that it be distributed from the towns of Stephen, Argyle, and Warren, Minnesota.
Letter from chairman of Board of County Commissioners, Marshall County, asking for an apportionment of seed grain to distribute to farmers who lost crops in 1886 hailstorms.
Powell asks Gov. McGill's secretary to try to arrange for hailstorm relief supplies intended for nearby towns to be left at Warren for distribution; distribution should not be done by the county commissioners.
Promotional speech in English, citing personal experiences and statistics on the development of agriculture in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, the desirability for modern, scientific methods, and the need for experimentation.