FAKMERS' INSTITUTES AND EXTENSION WORK. 379 



institutes, and the cost was $10,469.76. There were 414 sessions of 

 regular institutes, distributed among 116 institutes, and the attendance 

 was 13,100. Aid was also given to a dry-farming meeting, 2 State 

 development meetings, and a good-roads meeting, in all of which 

 26,400 people were present. 



TENNESSEE. 



Institute director: T. F. Peck, commissioner of agriculture, Nash\dlle. 



There were held during the year 42 regular institutes of 2 sessions 

 each, the attendance at which was 4,142, and 5 movable schools, each 

 lasting 5 days, at which a total of 150 were registered. There were 

 also 48 sessions of special institutes, with 6,700 in attendance. A rail- 

 road instruction train of 2 cars was run over about 140 miles of track, 

 made 15 stops, was accompanied by 6 lecturers, who spoke to 2,000 

 people on live stock and agriculture. The college and station fur- 

 nished 8 of the 20 lecturers, and they devoted 42 days in all to the 

 work. The cost was $4,500. 



TEXAS. 



Institute director: J. W. Neill, director of farmers' institutes, Austin. 



A special round-up institute of 3 sessions was held at which 1,500 

 were in attendance, and a Texas State farmers' institute was organ- 

 ized. There were held during the yeRr 292 regular institutes, aggre- 

 gating 498 sessions, attended by 23,360 people. A "Texas larger- 

 crop" railroad special institute train of 8 cars made 16 stops in going 

 150 miles and reached 7,650 persons. Twenty days were devoted to 

 institute work by 4 members of the college faculty and station staff, 

 and 8 other lecturers were employed. The total cost was $5,000. 



UTAH. 



Institute director: L. A. Merrill, director of the agricultural college extension work, 

 Salt Lake City. 



Seven out of the 10 State lecturers were members of the college 



faculty and station staff. Two itinerant experts were employed the 



entire year in giving demonstrations and advice to individual farmei-s. 



Four institutes for women were attended by 278 persons, and 57 



sessions for men, comprising 45 institutes, had 5,667 listeners. 



Assistance was given a dry-farming meeting, at which 1,500 were 



present, and 3 railroad instruction trains of from 4 to 7 cars were run. 



Each made 113 stops, attended by 41,258 persons. The total cost 



was $5,000. 



VERMONT. 



Institute director: O. L. Martin, commissioner of agriculture, Plainfield. 



One railroad instruction train of 5 cars covered 183 miles, made 24 

 stops, carried 15 lecturers, and instructed 7,000 people. A farmers' 



