G6G BOARD OF AGHICULTURE. 



scats, aiul (2) supi>lt'ni»'iitnl mootiiijrs at outlying points near county 

 boundaries. The pMieral institute management is reciuiiecl by law to 

 undertake one institute in each county of the State every year. This has 

 been done ever since tlie avoiU was fully organized, in 1003-04, as will ap- 

 pear from tlie tabular statement below. 



These meetings liave in the past, willi ICw c.Kceptions, occupied two 

 days cncli. usually of five sessions, morning, afternoon and evening the 

 lirst day ynd morning and afternoon the second day. By means of the 

 sup]ilcmental institutes— which were made possible by the increased ap- 

 propiiation. meetings have been much more e(iually distril)uted through- 

 out the State tlian lid'elolorc. AN'itli the more perfect local organization 

 that is now Iieiug effected, it Avill soon be possible to elfect a fairly equit- 

 able distri1)ution of the meetings. 



During the coming season the meetings will Ix' apportioned in the 

 counties in pro])ortion to area. Each county having less than 200 square 

 miles will be entitled to two days of institute work; each county ranging 

 in area from 200 to '.)~M square miles will be apportioned three days of 

 institute work; each county having over .'MO and less than 500 square miles 

 will be allowed four days of institute Avork; each county having over 500 

 S(iuare miles will be granted five days of institute work. Letters re- 

 ceived from the county chairmen assure the inauguration of the proposed 

 plan throughout the State. In this way it will be ]iossil>le to place a fai'm- 

 ers' institute within the reach of every farmer in the State as often as 

 once in two or three years at farthest. 



The following table shows the numl)er of counties holding meetings 

 and the total numlier of meetings held each year; also the average and 

 aggi'egate attendance since 1894, prior to which time no record of attend- 

 ance was kept: 



