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■■ I low tlio National Dcpartinont of A^^ficulturc may, tiii'oiij^li its insti- 

 tute ollicci-. assist tin' State institute ni(M'tin<^"s." Tliat j)ortioii of (lie 

 ])a|M'r which jjives specitic answers to the (juestion just stated is 

 incorporated in this i-cport, and is as follows: 



Tliere are tlirci! dititiiict classes uf ])euj)le iii>nn wIimmi llic life ami progress of tlic 

 farmers' institute deiieiids: 



(1) Tlie State diri-ctor of institutes or j>ers<>n in Lr<'n('ral cuntrDl; 



(12) The liical manager of institutes coinprising tlic local hoard; 



(3) The lecturers or teachers who undertake to instruct the people in the art and 

 science of agriculture. 



The De]>artiiient can assist the State director or other officers in charge of the 

 fanners' institutes in a State — 



(1) By furnishing liim with datii respecting the methods of conducting the institute 

 work in other States; 



(2) By keeping him informed in advance as to tlic jilaces selecttid ff)r institutes, 

 the dates upon which they are to be held, and Ihe speakers who are to be present 

 in all of the States; 



(3) By j)lacing him in comnnuiication with the institute lc<-turers of the country; 



(4) By aiding in securing the interest and cooperation of agricultural college and 

 experiment station experts in his work; 



(5) By sending ex]>erts either from the Department of Agriculture at Washington 

 or from such of the corps of agricultural college and experiment station men as may 

 be availa])le, to assist him in his institutes; 



(6) By suggesting methods for local organization; 



(7) By educating lecturers for institute work by means of correspondence through 

 the Office of Experiment Stations and Ijy bringing them into communication with 

 experts to give them instruction in the latest and most reliable discoveries of science 

 along the line of their specialties; 



(S) By publishing an annual report giving a synopsis of the institute work, its 

 character and jirogress in all of the States. 



The Department can be of assistance to the local managers, through the agency of 

 the State directors — 



(1) By sending them institute literature; 



(2) By suggesting effective methods for advertising institute meetings; 



(3) By furnishing model forms of programmes; 



(4) By suggesting topics for discussion; 



(5) By suggesting mi'thods for creating and increasing interest in farmers' institutes; 



(6) By furnishing (juestion-box material; 



(7) By calling attention to subjects that should be excluded from their institutes. 

 The Department can assist the institute lecturer — 



(1) By placing him in connnunication with the director of institutes in other 

 States; 



(2) By bringing him into correspondence with scientific experts in the line of his 

 specialty ; 



(3) By opening a correspondence school in the Office of Experiment Stations for 

 institute lecturers; 



(4) By using its influence in securing and providing at least some help for a course 

 of instruction for the institute lecturer by the agricultural college of the State; 



(5) By using its influence with station officers to provide f(jr an annual visit to the 

 State experiment station on the part of the lecturer for the study of methods of 

 experimentation and for familiarizing him with the work of his station; 



(6) By arranging for an annual meeting of lecturers at the Office of Experiment 

 Stations in Washington for conference and for the study of the w'ork of the Depart- 



