STT) KEi'uKT OF orncE or experiment stations. 



were hold dnrinp: the year, made up of ll.*^ sessions. Four thousand 

 persons were in attendance. There are 14 lecturers upon the State 

 force, 10 of whom are members of the agricultural c()llej2:e and 

 experiment station stalls, who were present at all of the institutes 

 and contributed fifty days of time. The dates, places, and pro- 

 g:rannnes are all arranged by the superintendent of institutes, and 

 announcements of the dates, places, and speakers are made from four 

 to eight weeks in advance of the meetings. Brief reports of the dis- 

 cussions are prej^ared by the secretary, published, and sent to the 

 regular mailing list of the experiment station and to all of the insti- 

 tute workers in the United States. 



The form of local organization consists of an institute committee 

 in each locality, which serves until another institute is held, and then 

 it is either reappointed or a new one elected. The committee is 

 organized by the election of a chairman at the institute meeting and 

 the appointment of a secretary, together Avith such special committees 

 as are needed. 



ILLINOIS. 



The Illinois Farmers' Institute is organized under a special act of 

 the legislature and is a public corporation of the State. " It consists 

 of three delegates from each countv of the State, elected annually 

 at the farmers' institutes of the county," and is managed by a l)oard 

 of trustees " consisting of the State superintendent of public instruc- 

 tion, the professor of agriculture of the University of Illinois, the 

 president of the State board of agriculture, the president of the 

 State Horticultural Society, the president of the State Dairymen's 

 Association, and one member from each Congressional district of the 

 State, to be selected by the delegates from the district present at 

 the annual meeting." The officers of this board of directors are " a 

 president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, a State superintendent 

 of farmers' institutes, and such other officers or agents as may be 

 deemed j^roper for organizing and conducting the work of the organ- 

 ization, all of whom shall hold their office for one year, unless re- 

 moved sooner by the board, and shall perform such duties as may be 

 required of them by the rules of the board." 



Article 5 of this act prescribes the duties of the State superin- 

 tendent of institutes : 



Section 1. The State superintendent of institutes shall have general super- 

 vision of institute work in the State under the direction of the board of directors 

 and of the executive committee. 



Sec. 2. He shall make recommendations as to lines of work which he believes 

 will prove profitable for the ensuing year, together with general plans for their 

 execution, and estimates of expenses. He shall make such other recommenda- 

 tions to the board of directors as he may deem for the best interest of the 

 institute work. 



