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at which was 2,126. One railroad instruction train with 7 cars made 

 30 stops in going 621 miles and was attended by 8,000 people. A 

 larger amount of demonstration work was introduced than formerly. 



MARYLAND. 



Institute director: R. S. Hill, director of the farmers' institutes, Upper Marlboro. 



At a cost of $4,725, 20 State lecturers were employed for institute 

 work during the year. These included 7 of the college faculty and 

 station staff, who contributed 28 days' service to the work. Fifty- 

 three regular institutes for men, composed of 118 sessions with an 

 attendance of 13,960 and 2 institutes for women were held. There 

 were also 3 independent institutes with 1,000 in attendance and 3 

 railroad instruction trains of 5 cars, which made 26 stops. The 5 

 lecturers to each train addressed in all 1,283 people. 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



Institute director: J. L. Ellsworth, secretary State board of agriculture, Boston. 



With an expenditure of $2,421.30, institutes were held during the 

 year in every county in the State, the total number of institutes being 

 140, composed of 198 sessions, and with an attendance of 21,812. A 

 railroad instruction train of 4 cars covered 150 miles, during which it 

 made 18 stops and was attended by 6,000 people. 



MICHIGAN. 



Institute director: L. R. Taft, superintendent of farmers' institutes, East Lansing. 



Institutes were held in all the counties of the lower peninsula and 

 in most of those of the upper. Fifty State lecturers were employed, 

 of which 8 were from the college faculty and station staff, and in 

 addition about 1,000 local speakers addressed the meetings. Five of 

 the college and station staffs devoted a total of 75 days to institutes 

 in connection with the 3 railroad specials, which carried 7 cars, made 

 90 stops in going 3,300 miles, and reached 18,801 persons. Regular 

 institutes for men numbered 444 and consisted of 1,202 sessions, with 

 an attendance of 136,521, while the regular institutes for women 

 numbered 47 and about 4,912 attended. A large number of special 

 institutes were also held. The total expense for the year was $8,500. 



MINNESOTA. 



Institute director: A. D. Wilson, superintendent of farmers' institutes, St. Paul. 



Twenty thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars and ninety cents 

 was expended during the year in carrying on institute work, which 

 covered every agricultural county in the State. A special staff' of 18 

 lecturers was engaged for the work, and therefore the services of no 

 members of the college faculty or station staff were needed. The 



