farmers' institutes. 699 



As stated in a preceding paragraph, the attendance Is shown to be 

 much h^rger than in any preceding year. It is believed, however, that 

 tlie tigures just given show more nearly tlie actual number of different 

 persons present than by the method of reckoning heretofore employed, 

 whicli has already ])een refexTcd to. 



Disbur-senients of the Institute Fund in 1903-04.— The disbursements 

 of the State institute fund, from November 1, 1903, to June 30, 1904, are 

 as follows: 



Bills of county chairmen $2,116 32 



Per diem of assigned speakers 2,974 53 



Ti-aveling expenses of assigned speakers 1,728 60 



Salary of Superintendent 666 67 



Salary of Clerks 394 94 



Postage 76 00 



Printing and statlonei-y 33 59 



Supplies 27 76 



Freight, express and telegrams 14 96 



Miscellaneous 2 15 



Unexpended balance 1,964 48 



Total $10,000 00 



The unexpended balance for the year ending October 31, 1904, will be 

 used in defraying the expenses of the superintendent's office and in holding 

 district institutes, and the annual conference of institute workers. 



Papers by liOcal Speakers.— On the following pages will be found a 

 number of papers by local speakers, which we are permitted to publish 

 through the courtesy of the State Board of Agriculture. These pa])ers 

 have been sent in liy county institute chairmen, and are published sub- 

 stantially in the form sent in, without abridgment, editing or material 

 change. ^ W. C. LATTA, 



Superintendent Farmers' Institutes. 

 I'urdue University, LaFayette, Indiana. June 30, 1904. 



FARM DAIRYING. 



BY MRS. B. D. COMER, RENSSELAER. 



[Read before the Jasper County Farmers' Institute.] 



A\'liy is it in the great State of Indiana so little interest Is taken In 

 dairying? The blue grass is equal to and better than other States where 

 dairying is a success. 



While we can not be called a great dairy State, the most of the Indiana 



