372 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



Eleven persons were employed the entire year in various forms 

 of extension teaching, for which the vState gave $27,500, of which 

 amount about $15,000 was expended for the farmers' institute phase 

 of the work. 



KENTUCKY. 



Institute director: M. C. Rankin, commissioner of agriculture, Frankfort. 



At least one institute was held in every county of the State, and in 

 70 counties boys' corn-growing contests were organized. The 

 Department of Agriculture furnished the seeds and gave a diploma 

 of honor to every boy growing 60 or more bushels to the acre. The 

 cost of the institute for the year was $9,000. There were 17 State 

 lecturers, only 4 of whom were from the college faculty and station 

 staff, but they devoted 30 days each to the work, or 120 days in all. 

 There were held 70 boys' meetings of one session each with a total of 

 8,750 in attendance and 3 institutes for women with one session each 

 at which there were 540 present. The regular institutes numbered 

 139, consisting of 695 sessions with an attendance of 69,500. One 

 railroad instruction train of 3 cars was run 352 miles and made 17 

 stops. Seven lecturers spoke on corn, alfalfa, clover, cowpeas, and 

 dairying at these meetings, which were attended by 5,100 people. 



LOUISIANA. 



Institute director: E. O. Bruner, commissioner of agriculture, Baton Rouge. 



Every farmers' institute carried on during the year was financed 

 entirely by the college of agriculture and the experiment station and 

 the work was directed by the dean and director, W. R. Dodson. All 

 of the lecturers were from the college faculty and station staff, 12 

 of whom participated. Thirty-two regular institutes were held, 

 consisting of 60 sessions with an attendance of 4,800. One movable 

 school was conducted at which 3 days were devoted to men, 1 day 

 to women, and 3 days to young people, the total registration being 

 148 persons. Nineteen lecturers also addressed 73,500 people who 

 attended the 3 railroad instruction trains, which carried a total of 

 17 cars, ran 1,550 miles, and made 84 stops. 



MAINE. 



Institute director: J. P. Buckley, commissioner of agriculture, Augusta. 



Two institutes were held in every county in the State at a cost of 

 about $3,000. Sixteen State lecturers were employed, of whom 4 

 were from the college faculty and station staff, who spent 13 days in 

 the work. Local speakers also addressed the meetings. There were 

 44 regular institutes, consisting of 89 sessions, and 9,868 ])eople 

 attended them. Institute lecturers spoke also at various 'agricul- 

 tural associations and meetings to the number of 24, the attendance 



