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sessions wliich were attended by 13,850 people, and 2 movable 

 schools were also carried on. There were 23 State lecturers, of whom 

 10 were from the college faculty and station staff who contributed in 

 all 60 days to the work. The cost of the institutes was $9,493.24. 



OHIO. 



Institute director: A. P. Sandles, secretary State board of agriculture, Columbus. 



Institutes were held in every county in the State. There were 30 

 State lecturers employed and a number of local speakers, but no mem- 

 bers of the college faculty or station staffs lectured at these meetings. 

 The cost of the institute work was $22,000, which enabled the holding 

 of 323 regular institutes consisting of 1,615 sessions with an attend- 

 ance of 376,185. There were also 120 sessions of special institutes 

 with 27,600 in attendance and a railroad instruction train of 5 cars 

 which made 27 stops, covering 485 miles. Sixteen lecturers gave 

 instruction and 10,145 people were reached'. 



OKLAHOMA. 



Institute director: E. P. Ansley, superintendent of county farmers' institutes, 

 Oklahoma City. 



Every county in the State held institutes during the year. The 

 cost of the work was $5,000. Seven State lecturers were employed 

 and 25 local speakers. At the time the report was received the regular 

 institutes were incomplete. About 129 had been held for men at 

 which 5,320 were present and 10 had been held for women. There 

 were also 15 movable schools for men, the same for women, and a 

 like number for young people, and 4 railroad instruction trains of 7 

 coaches each, carrying 10 lecturers. In addition, there were held 10 

 special institutes at which 5,000 people were in attendance. 



OREGON. 



Institute director: J. Withycombe, director of agricultural experiment station, 

 Cqrvallis. 



A new feature of the institute work in this State was the holding of 

 10 movable schools which proved to be very popular and created 

 much interest. They were attended by 3,350 people. The 33 regular 

 institutes consisted of 66 sessions and had an attendance of 18,520. 

 Of the 10 State lecturers, 6 from the college faculty and station staff 

 devoted 100 days to the work. The total cost was $2,500. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Institute director: A. L. Martin, deputy secretary of agriculture, Harrisburg. 



The sum of $22,500 was expended during the year for institute 

 purposes. Seventy-five State lecturers were employed which included 



