372 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



CALIFOKNIA. 



The institute work in California is under the general direction of 

 the superintendent of farmers' institutes, assisted by two conductors, 

 one havin<r the central and northern portions of the State, and the 

 other havin*; char<5e of the institute work in the southern section. 



The legislature of 1903 authorized the board of regents of the 

 University of California to hold farmers' institutes under such rules 

 and regulations as they may deem proper, and at such times and places 

 as they may direct. The law directs that the " course of instruction 

 at such institutes shall be so arranged as to present to those in attend- 

 ance the results of the most recent investigations in theoretical and 

 practical agriculture.'' The legislature of 1U05 appropriated $12,000 

 for institute work for the next two fiscal years. 



Durintr the last year institutes were held in 32 out of the 57 counties. 

 Owing to local climatic conditions and corresponding leisure seasons 

 in various parts of the State, institutes are held every month in the 

 year. There were 114 institutes in all, composed of 429 sessions. The 

 total attendance was 43,494. The cost of the institutes for the year 

 was $8,934. The university contributed $2,934 of this amount, and 

 $6,000 was received from the State appropriation. Six thousand 

 copies of the proceedings w^ere printed and distributed to persons on 

 the regular mailing list of the agricultural experiment station. There 

 were 25 lecturers employed by the State director, 10 of whom were 

 members of the agricultural college and experiment station *>taifs. 

 The college and station contributed one hundred days of lecture 

 service. The arranging of dates, places, and the preparation of pro- 

 grammes for institutes are in the hands of the superintendent. 



The superintendent provides two lecturers for each one-day insti- 

 tute, and three lecturers for each institute continued two days or more. 

 There are no special or permanent local organizations in the several 

 counties, but a local committee appointed by the last institute takes 

 charge, under the general direction of the State superintendent, of 

 the work of preparation for future meetings. Correspondence 

 courses in agricultural science in its various branches have been 

 added to the institute activities, and the superintendent reports that 

 these courses are being well received. 



COLOIIADO. 



The farmers' institute work in Colorado has recently been placed in 

 charge of the agricultural department of the State agricultural col- 

 lege, to be supervised by the dean of agriculture of that institution, 

 aided by an assistant superintendent. In this State the only law- that 

 relates to farmers' institutes is the one in regard to the duties of the 

 State board of agriculture, where, under the " duties of the secretary," 



