IV.)2 KEPOKT Ol' Ob'FU'E OK KXl'EUIMKN'l' STATIONS. 



arc men I Iters of (lio ii£!:rieiilliiriil coUc'j^c laciill y and experinu'iit still ion 

 :-(air. The local orii'ani/ation consists of a local executive coniinittee, 

 witli a ix'rniancnl chnii'nian and seci'ctary. 



The arran^in<; of dates, places, and pro<!;rainnies is by tl)e stall of 

 the e.\|)erinient station, alter consnUatiou with nieinhers of the local 

 coiuinittee. The raih-oad ('oni})anies furnish free transportation for 

 all workers within State limits and grant reduced rates to all who 

 attend the institutes. The proceedings of the institute work ai"e pub- 

 lished in the animal rejxjrt of the exj)erinient station. Seven hini- 

 dred and fifty copies were printed and distributed during the past 

 year. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



The i^iiblic statutes of New Hampshire require the secretary of the 

 board of agriculture "to make arrangements for, give public; notice 

 of, and, if possible, personally attend the farmers' meetings author- 

 ized by the board." Under this general authority farmers' institutes 

 have been organized and conducted. Last season 1'^ institutes were 

 held, composed of 28 sessions. Twenty-nine hundred peojjle were in 

 attendance, and 14 lecturers were upon the State corps of instructors, 

 7 of wliom were members of the agricultural college faculty, and the 

 experiment station staff, contributing fourteen days of time. The 

 total expense Avas $1,500, all of which was appropriated by the State 

 board of agriculture from the general funds received from the State 

 for this purpose. Local arrangements for holding institutes are 

 iiiade by the secretary of the board with grange organizations, farm 

 clubs, and agricultural and horticultural societies. Two thousand 

 copies of reports of proceedings wore published and distributed. 



NEW JERSEY. 



The farmers' institutes in New Jersey are organized and conducted 

 under general authority granted to the State board of agriculture by 

 the legislature. Under the act the board is authorized to " employ 

 suitable persons to lecture before the State board of agriculture at 

 its annual or other meetings and in the counties of the State." The 

 executive committee of the board has delegated the management and 

 conduct of the institutes to its secretar3^ Thirty institutes Avere held 

 during the past year, composed of 111 sessions. Twenty-three were 

 one-day and 7 were two-day. The total attendance was 5,538. Ten 

 lecturers arc upon the State corps of teachers, 5 of whom were mem- 

 bers of the faculty of the agricultural (college and the staff of the 

 experiment station, Avho contributed forty days of time to institute 

 service. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight dollars was 

 expended for meeting the expenses of institutes, and $3,500 has been 

 appropriated for the coming year. No report of the institute pro- 



