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staff, who devoted an aggregate of 198 days' service to this work. 

 The total cost of all the institute work was $1,381.24. 



ARKANSAS. 



Institute director: C. F. Adams, dean and director, Fayetteville. 



With $4,000 from the State and $1,000 from the college besides the 

 services of 6 persons from the college faculty and station staff, who 

 devoted an aggregate of 200 days' service to the work, there were held 

 69 regular institutes, com])rising 95 sessions, with an attendance of 

 1 1,091 ; and two railroad sj^ecials, which covered 704 miles, making 83 

 stops and meeting 60,000 persons. Cotton, corn, hogs, and domestic 

 science were the subjects discussed. In addition to the above there 

 were also held 17 special institutes at picnics. State meetings of farm- 

 ers' unions, and local congi'esses, at which the attendance was 24,210 



in the 21 sessions. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Institute director: W. T. Clarke, professor of horticulture and superintendent of 

 university extension in agriculture, Berkeley. 



The State appropriation of $10,000 and $750 from the college of 

 agriculture was expended during the year in institute work in 34 out 

 of the 58 counties in the State. There were employed 25 State 

 lecturers, from one to four attending each institute, and in addition 

 there were 190 local speakers. Ten members of the college faculty 

 and station staff contributed an aggregate of 140 days' service. There 

 were held 103 reguhir institutes, comprising 267 sessions, with 34,038 

 persons in attendance. One farmers' week, consisting of 40 sessions, 

 was attended by 4,000 people and one picnic with an all-day session 

 had 2,800 listeners. Besides the above one demonstration train con- 

 sisting of 10 coaches was run 6,281 miles, making 223 stops. It car- 

 ried 21 lecturers and they spoke to 78,224 people. Lectures by the 

 institute force were also given during the year in teachers' institutes, 

 high schools, normal schools and common schools, comprising a total 

 of 107 days, with audiences aggregating 3,410 persons. 



COLORADO. 



Institute director: C. H. Hinman, superintendent of agricultural extension, Fort 

 Collins. 



Sixty-three State lecturers were employed for institute work during 

 the year. This includes 38 members of the college faculty and station 

 staff, who contributed an aggregate of 787 days' servi<5e to this work. 

 A new feature of the institute work was the estabhshment of co- 

 operative demonstration fields. Three demonstration trains of five 

 cars were run a total of 4,500 miles, making 142 stops. In all, 20 

 lecturers were used and they addressed 46,627 people. Ten special 

 institutes, comprising 26 sessions with 523 in attendance, were held. 



