REGULAR INSTITUTE WORK 



The following tables give a detailed account of those who were 

 engaged in the work, and of places where institutes were held, 

 with the attendance. This is important from the standpoint of 

 permanent record and also for comparison. 



Thirty-eight meetings were held in new places. 



It will be noted that nearly all the meetings were for one day, 

 consisting of three sessions. In most coimties the demand for 

 meetings is so much greater than is the number of days that can 

 be given to the work that most places prefer to accept the institute 

 for a single day rather than to wait for a year or' two with the 

 prospect of having a two-day meeting. Unquestionably, more 

 people' are reached and more good is accomplished than though 

 there were a less number of meetings of longer duration with 

 more subjects thoroughly discussed. A one-day meeting requires 

 a smaller force than one for two days. This about balances the 

 extra cost of more travel incident to a greater number of meetings. 

 One-day meetings are very much more trying to the worker, neces- 

 sitating an evening session six nights in the week, and allowing 

 time for travel only between 10 p. m. and 10 a. m. 



Two men and one woman constitute the regular force. Only 

 in a few instances was there added a fourth worker, although manv 

 times this would have been desirable, either from the standpoint 

 of the special expert advice from our experiment station workers 

 or for the purpose of relieving an overburdened corps of workers. 

 Lack of funds made it necessary to reduce the force to the smallest 

 possible number. Another fact in this connection is worthy of 

 careful consideration — particularly on the part of those who have 

 to do with making appropriations — namely, the training of new 

 workers. There is no place except the platform where workers 

 can acquire their final training for the work. To compel a new 

 worker to carry one-third of the burden is unfair to him, to the 

 other members of the force, and to the audience. If, therefore, 

 satisfactory recruits are to be trained for this work without detri- 



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