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KANSAS. 



The loi^islalure of Kansas of i;)0;> passed an act providing for the 

 formation of county farmers' institute associations. Such associa- 

 tions under this act shall consist of a i)resident, vice-president, secre- 

 tary, and treasurer, and it nnist adopt a constitution and by-laws for 

 its government. The county institute association is entitled to the 

 sum of $50 from the county to hear the legitimate expenses of a two- 

 days' institute, and the legislature has provided in addition an appro- 

 priation of $-2.()()0 per year to the State agricultural college to be used 

 in paying the expenses of the members of the faculty and experiment 

 station Avho attend institutes. The duties of State director are per- 

 formed by the chairman of a connnittee appointed by the president 

 of the college on institute work. The present official in charge of the 

 institute work is also director of the agricultural exi)eriment station. 



Fifty-five institutes were held during the year. Twenty-six were 

 one-day. '20 were tAvo-day, and 9 were continued for over three days. 

 The number of sessions was 144. The total attendance was 11,455. 

 The cost of the institutes was $1,700, not counting the salary of the 

 director or of the college and station speakers. All of the speakers on 

 the State force Avere either agricultural college or experiment station 

 officers. Nineteen of these lecturers were engaged in institute work 

 last year, and the total number of days in which thev were employed 

 Was 820. A number of the institute force accompanied u special 

 train in a trip throughout the State, which was fitted up for promot- 

 ing the dairy industry. 



The chairman of the State institute committee aranges the dates, 

 pla<-es, and i)rogrannnes for institut(> meetings. The proceedings are 

 not published, except brief abstracts by local papers. 



KENTUCKY. 



Kentucky has no specific farmers" institute law. The work is con- 

 ducted under authority given in the following extract from the gen- 

 eral hnv prescribing the duties of the State bureau of agriculture: 



The efforts of the bureau shall ho directed to the promotion of nKriculturo. 

 horticulture, etc., and the commissioner shall promote and encourage, as far as 

 I)ractical)le, societies and other associations in the several couiUics and ascer- 

 tain the agricultural, horticulturiil, mechanical, connnercinl. and educational 

 condiiion of every county, etc. * * * 'pim conniiissioner shall put liimsolC 

 In connnunication with tlu^ diffei-ent agricultural, horticultural, iuid lalK)r soci- 

 eties, etc 



The sum of $1.3,000 is annually appropriated to meet the expenses 

 (d" (lie I)ureau of agriculture. Of this sum the commissioner is au- 

 thori/.cd to cxiiend such amount for institute work as he dei'ms 

 proi)er. One tiiousand two hundred and six tloUars and sixteen cents 



