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A member from Clearfield county stated that tbey desired six 

 days of institute instead of four as at present allotted them, and 

 they would be pleased to reduce their force of speakers from three or 

 four to two speakers, if they could have the six days institute, as 

 that additional time would enable thom to reach more people. 



MR. STOUT, of Schuylkill county, said that his county with three 

 speakers did not have enough, and that they should have at least 

 four speakers, as they could not always depend on local help. 



MR. NORTHUP, of Lackawanna county, said that while the De- 

 partment only allotted them four days, that they ran twelve days 

 of Farmers' Institute and would like to have half a dozen speakers; 

 that they did not want more money from the Department, but that 

 the trouble was to get the right men. and the only place he know 

 where to get them was from the Department. 



MR. SEEDS, of Huntingdon county, said he had been up in Mr. 

 Northup's county, and that the two men who took turn about 

 talking for twelve days had to talk too much; that there should have 

 been at least four or five speakers; that the local help was all right, 

 but could not be relied upon and as they were not paid, could not 

 be expected to work when circumstances were anywise unfavorable. 



iMR. BLYHOLDER, of Armstrong county, thought it was not 

 I'ight that the speakers who were allowed but four days by the 

 Department should have to work through a twelve days institute; 

 that this was an imposition on the Department and that the speak- 

 ers would be worn out and would not be worth anything wherever 

 they went next. He did not think that three speakers were too 

 many and said there should not be less than three, and cited an in- 

 stance in his county last year where the three speakers were not 

 enough because one was called awa.y, another became sick, and he 

 was left with but one to go on with the institute. 



MR. KNUPPENBURG, of Wyoming county, said that while they 

 had good and willing local help, he wanted whatever State speakers 

 the Department could" send him, as he then felt secure and satis- 

 fied that he would have successful institutes, as the local help 

 could not always be depended upon. He was well pleased with the 

 help sent him by the Department and asked for the same kind of 

 help under the guidance of the Department, which he thought the 

 proper way. 



MR. BRODHEAD, of Susquehanna county, did not want the force 

 reduced, but wanted at least three good men for his county. 



MR. NELSON, of CUearfield county, was op])Osed to reducing their 

 force of speakers, and wanted more institutes for his countv. 



