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'r\V(Mity-('i<,''lit institutes wcic held (liiriiiL; the past season iniulo, up 

 of (IT sessions, und at tended l)y 4,S(>(i persons. Nineteen lecturers 

 wei-e on the State force. The total exp(>nse amounted to $S00. Four 

 ineinhers of the a^^ricultural collc«>-e and experiment station stall's were 

 in attendance as lecturers and contributed iiftecn da3's of time. The 

 director of institutes is also secretary of the State boai'd of agriculture. 

 The local or^ani/.at ions are provided for under an act of the le^^islaturc 

 of ]May, I^iSi), which reipiii'es that then; shall ])C a president, vice- 

 president, secretary, treasurer, and an executive conunittee for each 

 county orii;aiiizati()n, and that these ollicers shall receive no compensa- 

 tion and arc to hold their office for one year. No report of the pro- 

 ceedings has heretofore l)een published, l)ut the superintendent states 

 that they expect to issue a report in the future. 



FLORIDA. 



Population 528,542. Total niuuber of houieH 117,001. Number o' farm homes 

 40,%5. Per cent of farm homes 35. Ai)proxiiiiate ])o])ulatioii in farm liomes 

 184,9.s;». 



Director of institutes. — C. M. Conner, Florida Agricultural College, Lake City. 



Authority to hold farmers' institutes is conunitted })y the State to 

 the board of trustees of the Florida Agricultural Collco-c and the 

 Experiment Station. The api)ropriation to these institutions contains 

 the following clause: " For holding farmers' institutes, $2,500." The 

 superintendent is ap])ointed })y the board of trustees, and last 3'ear 

 under his dii'cction 21 institutes were held, consisting of -42 sessions. 

 Two thousand nine hundi-ed persons were in attendance, and 22 State 

 speakers gave instruction. The total cost of the institutes was $2,500. 

 The agricultural college and experiment station staffs were repre- 

 sented by 2 lecturers from their force, who contributed 30 days of 

 time. The local organization consists of a chairman in each county 

 appointed b}' the superintendent of institutes, with authority to make 

 all necessary' local arrangements for institute meetings. Five thou- 

 sand copies of reports of the proceedings were distributed last year. 

 The superintendent, in addition to his duties as director of farmers' 

 institutes, is also professor of agriculture in the agricultural college 

 of Florida. The dates and places for all institutes arc arranged b}" 

 the superintendent, and notices of meetings arc published from 3 to 4 

 weeks in advance. 



GEORGIA. 



Population 2,216,:W1. Total number of homes 455,557. Number of farm liomos 

 221,o'J5. Per cent of farm home.'^ 48.6. Approximate pojiulation in farm homes 

 1,077,136. 



Director of institutes. — H. C. White, President of the State College of Agriculture 

 and ]\Iechani(' Arts, Athens; Ilarvie Jordan, Assistant Director of Institutes, 

 Monticello. 



