388 VtEPORT OF OFFirE OF KXl'F.KIMENT STATIONS. 



MISSISSirPI. 



I^'jiniiiTs' iiistituto work in Mississi|)|)i is undor ihc (rnvrtioii of the 

 ])rosi<lent of tlu* :i<;riciiltiiral and incchanical colic*::!'. TIutc ai"c no 

 laws orpinizinu institutes in the State c.\ccj)tin^ that appropriating 

 $3,()()() to the a^n-iciiltural and nicchaniciil collc^'^c foi- institute work. 

 Last year l'):') institutes were held, coinjxjscd of 'Ml sessions. One 

 hundi-ed and Hfty were one-day insl it utes and i' wcic Iwo-day and 1 

 tliree-day institute. The total attendance was :5(),()()(). Institutes 

 were held in all exce})tin<i; the Delta counties. The total cost of the 

 institutes last year was $;i,()()0, and the ai)j)roi)riation for the coniin*; 

 year is $8,()()(). ' Twenty-four lecturers were u})on the State institute 

 force, '2'2 of whom were contributed by the a<i:ricultiu'al coIh\i>e and the 

 experiment station to the lecture service of the institutes. The college 

 and station men gave to institute insti'uction three hundred and 

 ninety-six days of time. Xo reports of the institute work were pub- 

 lished. 



The State director organizes the farmers in the several localities 

 into clubs, and the clubs of each county into a single county club, the 

 county club having charge of the local institute work. He also fixes 

 the dates and places for institutes, committing the preparation of the 

 progrannnes and the arrangement for speakers to the county institute 

 club. Announcement of dates, places, and speakers is made about one 

 month before an institute meeting is hold by publishing the pro- 

 gramme in the county papers. The State director is appointed by 

 the board of trustees of the agricultural and mechanical college, and 

 the aj^propriation made by the State is payable to this board of trus- 

 tees. A round-up meeting of institute workers was held this year at 

 the college, consisting of 6 sessions, at which 300 farmers were in 

 attendance. 



MISSOURI. 



The control of farmers' institutes in ISIissouri is by laAv placed in 

 the hands of the State board of agriculture, which is required to 

 " hold farmers' institutes in different parts of the State for the pur- 

 pose of giving instruction in agriculture." The execution of this 

 work is placed in the hands of the secretary of the board. 



The universal exposition held in St. Louis during the past year 

 seriously interfered with the work of conducting farmers' institutes 

 in this State. The time of the State director, who is also secretary 

 of the State board of agriculture, w^as largely taken up with duties 

 connected with the exhibit of the State at the exposition. Notwith- 

 standing this interruption, 104 institutes were held — 58 one day, 44 

 two days, and 2 three days, altogether composed of 256 sessions, with 

 a total attendance of 2,500. The amount of money appropriated for 



