i}[)(\ KKl'nK'l' (»K OFKK'K oK KXTKHIMKNT STA'ri(>NS. 



TIic :uriiiii,MM<:- of (laics, i)liices, iiiid pi-ooTiiinincs is left ciUiivl}' to the 

 prcsiclciit (tf tlic iiistitiile society. Two indcpciKlcnt institutes were 

 held (hiiiiiL;" the yi'tii", with :im estimated attciidajiee of about iUO. 



IDAHO. 



i'opiilatii III 1()I,77L'. Tiitiii niiinliri' nf Ikiiiics .'!7,41U. N'uiiilicr nl" far-iu Iioiiu'H 

 17,153. I'er cent nf l:irii] honics -lo.S. Ajiproxiniatc ]iii]iiil;itii>ii in I'arrn lioiiics 

 74,01)1. 



SiHK'rintrnilciit of iiistitiilcs. — II. T. J''riMK-li, Director Af;rieiiltinai I'!x[)crimi'iit 

 Station, ^lo.seow. 



Thi' last leoislature ap[)ropi'iatcd !i^2,0()() for institute work for two 

 years. The control of th(> institutes and the expenditure of the money 

 are intrusted to the ])oard of regents of the college of agriculture of 

 the University of Idaho. Seventeen institutes were held during the 

 3^car, made up of 75 sessions. Two thousand five hundred and fifty 

 persons were in attendance. There were 9 lecturers on the State force, 

 of whom () were furnished from the agricidtiiral college and station 

 stall's, who attended all of the institutes, contributing (30 days of their 

 time. The dates, places, and i)rogramnies are all tirranged by the 

 superintendent of institutes. The principal topics discussed last 3'ear 

 were sugar-beet cidture, dairying, horticulture, stock I) reeding, and 

 feeding. Announcements of the dates, places, and speakers are made 

 from four to eight weeks in advance of the meetings. Brief reports 

 of the discussions are prepared by the secretary and published and 

 distributed. Tlie form of local organization consists of a chairman 

 elected at the institute meeting and a secretary appointed, together 

 with such special committees as are needed. 



ILLINOIS. 



Popnlution -4,821,550. Total nnniljer of lionieH l,0oti,158. Xnmlter of farm homes 

 2G2,;}88. Per cent of farm liomeH 25.3. Approximate jxi^julation in farm liomes 

 1,219,852. 



Superintendent of institutes. — A. B. Ilo.stetter, Secretary IllinoisFarmerH' Institutes, 

 Springfield. 



The Illinois Farmers' Institute is organized under special act of the 

 legislature and is a public corporation of the State. " It consists of 

 three delegates from each county of the State, elected amiuall}'^ at the 

 farmers' institutes of the county," and is managed l»y a l)oard of 

 trustees "co'nsisting of the State superintendent of public instruction, 

 the professor of agriculture of the University of Illinois, the presi- 

 dent of the State board of agriculture, the president of the State 

 Horticidtural Society, the president of the State Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion, and one mendjer from each Congressional district of the State, 

 to be selected by the delegates from the district present at the annual 

 meeting." The oliicers of this board of directors are a "president, 



