No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 533 



MR. McHENRY: I think that the main part of this whole ques- 

 tion is in the hands of the Deputy Secretary. The institute work 

 comes under the charge of the Deputy Secretary and it does seem 

 to me tliat it would be proper to leave this question to him and 

 the executive committee of the State Board. I want to say that I 

 am very much pleased and gratified with Mr. Martin's remarks in 

 regard to that meeting. I am very well satisfied that many — I will 

 say some — of the chairmen of institutes of the different counties, 

 could bear a little bit, or little more learning along the line of hold- 

 ing county institutes. I am sometimes inclined to think that even 

 some of those sent to the different counties to tell us what to do 

 might be a little better acquainted with some of the subjects about 

 which thej^ try to instruct us. I would like to see about a week's 

 instruction imparted to institute managers, because I believe they 

 are the persons w'ho must make county institutes a success, there- 

 fore, I am A^ery much in favor of the remarks of our worthy Deputy 

 Secretary, Mr. Martin. 



The CHAIRMAN: A very good thing would be to get an expres- 

 sion from every manager in the State, because an expression from 

 them would result in finding out whether they could take that in- 

 struction during that week. My only objection would be that it 

 is a very busy time and when farmers are so busy it is hardly pos- 

 sible to get them to attend the institute. Normal instruction is 

 a splendid idea. I was present in Ohio at a meeting about the 

 beginning of September, and they decided on very much such a 

 course, in which the institute workers would have training under 

 scientific instruction, and I think that would be all right, but 

 whether you can get the institute managers from all over the State 

 to spend a week in that kind of work, I have my serious doubts. 



MR. BLYHOLDER: I move that this meeting endorse and favor 

 a week's instruction as indicated, sometime in October, the time to 

 be fixed by the Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. 



Motion seconded. 



PROFESSOR HAMILTON: I had opportunity this last year to 

 attend a meeting of this character, held one week at the Geneva Ex- 

 periment Station, in the State of New York, and the following 

 week down at the Cornell University. There were meetings such as 

 has been outlined by Mr. Martin. There w-ere present at the Cornell 

 University thirty-seven workers .of the New Y^ork state institute 

 force. The meetings were held morning, afternoon and evening. 

 There were lectures delivered by officers of the Experiment Station 

 during the meetings up at Geneva, and time was given to make an ex- 



