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Sec. 3. He shall visit the county institute and district conferences when 

 invited to do so by the county institute olliccrs or directoi's, or wlu'ii in his judg- 

 ment the institute work demands such visit. 



Sec. 4. He shall have charge of the publication of the annual report and shall 

 insert therein such matters as will advance the agricultural interests of the 

 State, under the direction of the executive <omn)ittee. 



Sec. T). lie shall be librarian of the farmers' institute free libraries, and shall 

 submit to the board of directors or to the executive committee, for approval, 

 lists of books which he deems ought to be purchased for the use of the libraries 

 when such are needed. 



Sec. (>. He shall make a detailed annual report in writing to the board of 

 directors at the last meeting of the old board of his acts and doings during the 

 year, together with a general summary of the institute work of the State for 

 the year. He shall also make such other reports during the year as the board 

 of directors or executive committee may require. 



One hundred institute meetings were held last year, 50 being two 

 days and 50 being three or more days. There were 035 sessions. 

 One hundred and fourteen speakers are listed on the lecture force, 

 28 of whom are members of the agricultural college and experiment 

 station staffs. The total attendance is given by the superintendent 

 as 09,759. An institute was held in every county in the State. The 

 total cost amounted to $19,257.90. The local organizations in the 

 several counties elect their own officers and formulate their own rules. 

 They are permitted to select their own speakers and to choose such 

 topics for discussion as they believe will be of interest to their respect- 

 ive localities. 



Each county farmers' institute is entitled to the sum of $75 per 

 annum on condition '* that such institute shall file with the secretary 

 of the Illinois Farmers' Institute a sworn statement which shall show 

 that the said county farmers' institute has held one or more duly ad- 

 vertised sessions annually, of not less than two days each, at some 

 easily accessible location." This statement shall also include " an item- 

 ized exhibit of the expenses of the meeting, with receipted vouchers 

 therefor, a copy of its printed programme, and the printed proceed- 

 ings showing the title and author of the papers read and by whom 

 discussed, place or places of meeting, Avith average daily attendance, 

 and such other information as may be called for by the Illinois 

 Farmers' Institute and necessary to successfully assist this work." 



The Illinois Farmers' Institute is authorized to award one free 

 scholarship in the college of agriculture, good for two years, for each 

 county in the State and one for each Congressional district of Chi- 

 cago. The awards are made on the reconnneudation of the farmers' 

 institute director for each Congressional district. 



Free circulating liljraries are distributed among the several county 

 institutes. Fifty-one of these libraries have been eipiipped and sent 

 out, each containing al)out fifty vohnnes. A round-uj) nu'eting of 

 the institute workers was held during the year, lasting through nine 



