378 REPORT OP OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



15 from the college faculty and station staff who devoted in all 111 

 days to the work. There were held 221 regular institutes consisting 

 of 980 sessions, and the attendance was 162,809. Movable schools 

 were held in 15 places for a total of 58 days^with a registration of 

 16,198. There were also 36 special institutes consisting of 80 sessions, 

 at which 30,376 persons were in attendance. The institute lecturers 

 also addressed 29 teachers' institutes and schools and 5 experts 

 acted as itinerant instructors and demonstrators for a total of 10 days. 



PORTO RICO. 



Institute director: D. W. May, special agent in charge of the agricultural experiment 

 station, Mayaguez. 



No report was received. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



Institute director: J. D. Dunn, secretary of the State board of agriculture, Provi- 

 dence. 



With an expenditure of $430.18 there were employed 32 State 



lecturers, 6 of whom were from the college faculty and station staff 



who devoted a total of 12 days to the work, and 3 experts were 



kept in the field a total of 150 days acting as itinerant advisers and 



demonstrators. There were held 23 regular institutes aggregating 28 



sessions with 2,640 in attendance and 23 special institutes with 2,640 



in attendance. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Institute director: T. C. Haddon, acting superintendent of farmers' institutes, Clem- 

 son College. 



Institutes were held during the year in every county in the State, 

 14 State lecturers being employed for the purpose, 6 of whom were 

 from the college faculty and station staff and who contributed 14 

 days each to the work. The total cost of the institutes was $11,197.27. 

 Two itinerant experts were employed during the entire year in giving 

 advice and demonstrations to individual farmers. One railroad 

 instruction train of 7 cars covered 1,000 miles, making 22 whole day 

 stops, and instructed 2,200 people. The regular institutes numbered 

 76 which comprised 152 sessions, with an attendance of 27,000 besides 

 a special institute of 9 sessions, which had 1,000 in attendance. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Institute director: H. H. Stoner, superintendent of farmers' institutes, Highmore. 



The institute organization is cooperating with the rural schools in 

 conducting boys' corn contests and corn scliools. The demand for 

 this work is growing rapidly and is developing so as to include the 

 girls in domestic-science work. All but 6 counties in the State held 



