(\f>0 RICI'OHT OK oKl-KK <»K KX I'KRI M KNT STATIONS. 



tiikiiiiraccouiil of farm lioiucsdid not iiicliulc :i lioiiic, ulthoncrli situated 

 ill the fomitry, wliicii •'consists of only a <l\V('ilini,'- and I'-iouud ui)oii 

 wliii-li it stands, witii ii[)purtiMianc('s thereto, hut is no^ oecupied hy 

 what may l)e termed a fai-m family." (Census Report of 1U(M), pt. 2, 

 l\)l)ulatii)n, p. c'LXXXN II.) Neither are tlu'ie included farm la])orcr.s 

 who reside in towns and cities, hut who worlc out on farms. The 

 liij^iires, therefore, j^iven for farm ])opulation are below rather than 

 above the actual mimlter enoaood in a<^ri<-ulture. 



FARMERS' INSTITUTES IN THE SEVERAL STATES AND 



TERRITORIES. 



ALABAMA. 



Population 1,828,097. Total huiiiIht of liomos .374,705. Number of farm homos 

 217,4(51. Per cciit df farm iiomes 58. A]i]iniNiiiiat(? population in farm liomcs 

 1,000,644. 



Director of institutes. — C. A. Gary, Veti'rinarian, Alabama Polytechnic Institute and 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn. 



The farmers' institute work in Alabama is under the direction of 

 the board of trustees of the Ala))ama Polytechnic Institute and of the 

 agricultural experiment station. There is no State law regulatino- or 

 directing- the work. Last j^ear there was appropriated b}^ the college 

 $600 for institute expenses, and eleven lecturers were employed for 

 institute services. Twentj^-two institutes were held, consisting of 50 

 sessions, with a total attendance of 2,018. 



No report of institute proceedings is printed. The director is 

 appointed for the })eriod of one year by the board of trustees of the 

 college and station. Eight members of the college and station staffs 

 participated in the institute work, aggregating 52 days of service. 

 There are no permanent local institute organizations, the director 

 arranging for the dates, places, and programmes, as well as advertising 

 the institutes. A ten-day round-up institute, or convention of institute 

 workers, was held last year at the college. The sum of |S00 has been 

 appropriated for the institute season ending Jime 80, 1904. 



ALABAMA INSTITUTES FOR COLORED PEOPLE. 



G. "\Y. Carver, Director, Department of .\i,'riculture and Experiment Station, 

 Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Tuskegee. 



Farmers'' institutes for colored people have been organized under the 

 direction of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute. About 

 10,000 colored people are reported to have been in attendance during 

 the past 3^ear at the institute meetings. The expenses of the institutes 

 are met by the localities in which they are held. The meetings are 

 advertised ])y circulars, personal letters, and through the various 

 pulpits of the surrounding country. The formation of local organiza- 



