G52 REPORT OK OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



tutos uikIcm- siicli rules aiul rc^-iilalions as tlu\v inay dconi proper and 

 at sncli (imos and phicos as thoy may direct. The sum of $12,000 was 

 appropriated for institute work for the next two fiscal years. During 

 the past year $4-,000 was spent 1)V the university in paying- the salaries 

 of the conductors of institutes, the expenses of lecturers, hall rent, 

 advertising-, etc. 



Sixty institutes were held during the year made up of 25J: sessions. 

 The total attendance is given at 20,000. Ten thousand copies of the 

 proceedings are prepared and printed in the agricultural report, and 

 alistracts pul>lished l)y the agricultural journals. Thirteen members 

 of the college and station statfs participated in the work, attending all 

 of the institutes and aggregating 131 days of service. The arranging 

 of dates, places, and progranuues for institutes is in the hands of the 

 superintendent. A num})er of indep(Mident agricultural institutes 

 were held at which the estimated attendance was about 5,000. The 

 superintendent reports that the most successful meetings are held in 

 country districts. No general round-up institute was held for the 

 State, but a very successful meeting of farmers' clubs was held in 

 southern California made up of delegates from 35 societies, and con- 

 tinuing for four days. Another six-day meeting was held at a sea- 

 side camping place in southern (^alifornia with good rCvSults. 



The supiM'intendent provides two lecturers for each one-day insti- 

 tute, and tlu'ee lecturers for each institute continuing two days or 

 more. There are no special or permanent local organizations in the 

 several counties, but a local committee appointed by the last institute 

 takes charge, under the general direction of the State superintendent, 

 of the work of pr(^paration for future meetings. 



COLORADO. 



Population 589,700. Total number of homes 127,459. Number of farm homes 

 24,745. Per cent of farm homes 19.4. Ai)proxunate population in farm homes 

 104,701. 



Director of institutes. — B. O. Aylesworth, President State Agricultural College, 

 Fort Collins. 



There are no specific laws in this State in regard to farmers' insti- 

 tutes. The work has been conducted by the State Agricultural Col- 

 lege and the funds with which to carry it on have been contriljuted 

 b}^ this institution. Ten institutes were held last j^ear, made up of 20 

 sessions, and an attendance of about 1,300 persons. The total expense 

 was $385. The lecture force was provided from the staffs of the agri- 

 cultural college and experiment station. Nine persons were sent out 

 on this service, contributing in the aggregate sixty-five days of time. 

 There has been no arrangement made for the publication of the 

 proceedings. 



