14 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



EEVIEW OF THE YEAR. 

 The time covered by the record given herein began with June 1, 

 1888, and ends June 1, 1889. The public work of the Board has 

 been conducted in the usual manner. There is an increasing call, 

 from year to year, for Farmers' Institutes, and which the limited 

 means provided by the State for the purpose falls far short of meet- 

 ing. The result of an attempt to carry on a large number of insti- 

 tutes with limited means inevitably is that the quality of the work 

 will, in a measure, depreciate. So much of this work is now being 

 done in this and the neighboring States that the services of experts 

 command an increasing compensation. The means in the hands of 

 the Board limits the employment of expert authorities, and leaves 

 many desirable lecturers entirely out of reach. 



Institutes have been held as follows : 



Somerset, at Solon, October 25, 



Skowheghan, January 23. 

 Hancock, at Sedgwick, November 1. 



Aroostook, at Island Falls, November 8. 



Houlton, (stormy) November 9. 

 Piscataquis, at Easi Sangerville, November i4. 



Sebec, November 15. 

 Kennebec, at Oakland, November 20. 



Readfield. March 12. 

 Penobscot, at Exeter, November 22. 



Dexter, January 22. 

 Washington, at Cherryfield, December 4. 



Machias, December 5. 



Pembroke, December 6. 

 Franklin, at East Wilton, December 10. 



Androscoggin, at Livermore, December 29. 



Leeds, February 26. 



Lisbon, February 27. 

 Sagadahoc, at Bowdoinham, January 24. 

 York, at Biddeford, January 25. 



Oxford, at Peru, February 5. 



Norway, February 7. 



