686 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



It should be borne in mind that the competition at the fair and at 

 the farmers' institutes is open only to those who are members of the 

 Farmers' Institute or Home Maimers' Association. The annual dues in 

 these associations is 25 cents. 



Young people who are eligible to this competition in point of age, 

 and are so situated as to take part in the competition, are urged to do 

 so, not alone for the premiums offered, nor yet for the satisfaction of 

 winning a prize, but chiefly for the stimulus it will give to earnest effort 

 and for tlie practical education it will afford. 



The young people may become members of the Farmers' Institute or 

 Home Makers' Association at any time on payment of the annual dues. 

 The otlicers of the two associations— including a vice-president for each 

 association in every township in the county— are authorized to solicit 

 members and receive dues in their respective townships. 



It is the purpose of the officers to raise the money for the premiums 

 offered by means of membership dues. The farmers and their wives 

 throughout the county are, therefore, urged to become members of the 

 Association and thus lend a hand in the good cause. 



Signed by the Committee on Exhibits. 



HENRY LEAMING, Romney, 

 MRS. J. M. SULLINS, Elston, 

 FERNANDO BRIER, Montmorenci. 



Co-operation in the Institute Work.— Much of the success of the Indi- 

 ana farmers' institutes is due to the active, continuous and effective 

 co-operation of individuals and organizations. At the outset, several 

 members of the State Board of Agriculture, as before stated, rendere<l 

 excellent gratuitous service in conducting the institutes in their several 

 respective districts. From year to year, the Board of Agriculture has 

 kindly published reports of the institute work and papers of local workers 

 furnished by the State Superintendent. In the earlier years of the work, 

 a number of public-spirited and prominent farmers donated much time in 

 attending the institutes and in taking part in the programs rendered. 



The agricultural and the local press of the State have contributed 

 very much to the pul^licity and effectiveness of the institute work. Quite 

 generally the notices and articles relating to the institute work, which 

 have been sent out by the superintendent, have been promptly published. 

 The leading agricultural papers have shown a notable interest, also, in 

 publishing brief reports of many of the meetings, sent in by their local 

 correspondents. Almost without exception, the local papers of the State 

 have given generous space to publishing reports of the meetings in their 

 respective localities. In several instances, special editions have been 

 issued for the purpose of bringing the institute work more prominently 

 before the general public. 



