farmers' institutes and extension work. 369 



Six institute lecturers addressed 705 people at teachers' institutes. 

 The regular institutes numbered 100 and consisted of 161 sessions, 

 with an attendance of 15,117. 



CONNECTICUT. 



Institute director: L. H. Healey, secretary State board of agriculture, Hartford. 



Twenty-five State lecturers and 10 local speakers held 48 institutes 



during the year. These consisted of 90 sessions and the attendance 



was 5,000. There were 10 experts employed as itinerant instructors 



and demonstrators for a total of 25 days. The cost of the institute 



work was $3,000. 



DELAWARE. 



Institute director: Wesley Webb, secretary State board of agriculture, Dover. 



Nine hundred dollars was expended during the year for institute 

 purposes. Nineteen State lecturers were employed, of whom 6 were 

 from the college faculty and station staff, who devoted an aggregate 

 of 38 days to the work. There were held in all 24 regular institutes, 

 of which 13 were for men and 11 lor women. They consisted of 65 

 sessions, 36 for men and 29 for women, and the attendance was 8,930, 

 of which number 4,455 were men and 4,475 were women. The insti- 

 tutes for men and tliose for women are about evenly divided in this 

 State. No other form of institute work was carried on. Institutes 

 were held in every county. 



FLORIDA. 



Institute director: P. H. Rolfs, di/ector of the agricultural experiment station, 

 Gainesville. 



A new feature of the institute work durmg the year was the holding 

 of two mstitutes specially for women. These were very successful 

 and were attended by an average audience of 80. Thirty-two young 

 people's institutes were also held in cooperation with the superin- 

 tendent of pubHc schools of one of the counties. The attendance 

 was 3,000. In addition, there were held 16 special institutes, with 

 2,000 m attendance. The regular farmers' institutes, of which there 

 were 79, consisted of 158 sessions, with an attendance of 16,980. 

 There were employed 40 local speakers and 14 State speakers, of 

 whom 12 were from the college faculty and station staff, who devoted 

 218 days to the work. The total cost was about S7,500. 



GEORGIA. 



Institute director: A. M. Soule, president State college of agriculture, Athens. 



Ten thousand five hundred dollars was expended during the year 

 for institutes. Eighteen lecturers from the college faculty and station 

 staff contributed 158 days to the work and 5 otlier lecturers were also 

 engaged. The regular institutes numbered 33 and consisted of 96 



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