376 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



NEW YORK. 



Institute director: R. A. Pearson, commissioner of agriculture, Albany. 



A very successful new feature was inaugurated this year, called 

 "follow up" work, as follows: 



At the regular institutes a list is made of those persons desiring 

 advice on definite agricultural problems and after the close of the 

 institute season the four institute conductors personally visit a large 

 number of these persons and give advice on such problems as soil 

 fertility, drainage, planting orchards, raising alfalfa, etc. About 50 

 days were devoted to this itinerant work and some 75 different farms 

 were visited. Institutes were held in all the counties of the State 

 except five, which were either in the Adirondack Mountains or near 

 New York City where no agricultural interests exist. There were 

 held during the year 340 regular institutes composing a total of 1,201 

 sessions and attended by 128,131 persons. In addition, there were 

 conducted 7 different movable or institute schools, each lasting 3 

 or more days, and embracing in all 63 sessions with a total attend- 

 ance of 15,805. These schools gave a higher degree of instruction 

 than is possible in the regular institutes. There were also held 24 

 special institutes consisting of 50 sessions with 3,344 people in attend- 

 ance. Institute lecturers also gave instruction in schools in 146 

 towns aggregating 203 sessions and attended by 30,454 people. The 

 State employed 111 lecturers, only a few of whom were from the col- 

 lege of agriculture or the 2 experiment stations. The cost of the 

 work for the year was about $28,500. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Institute director: T. D. Parker, director farmers' institutes, Raleigh. 



Institutes were held in all but 2 counties in the State. There were 

 held 198 regular institutes for men consisting of 429 sessions with 

 27,670 in attendance and 174 institutes for women consisting of 346 

 sessions with 22,319 in attendance. In addition there were 21 

 special institutes with a total attendance of 3,638, Twenty-nine 

 State lecturers were employed, which included 5 from the college 

 facult}'" and station staff, who gave in all 125 days' ser\ace to the 

 work. The total cost of the institutes was S7,350. 



NORTH DAKOTA. 



Institute director: T. A. Hoverstad, superintendent of farmers' institutes, Fargo. 



Institutes specially for women were inaugurated during the year 

 and were a great success. The 5 which were composed of a total of 

 11 sessions being attended by 3,750 people. The regular institutes for 

 men numbered 82 and included 226 sessions with an attendance of 

 37,567. In addition, there were 19 special institutes consisting of 40 



