058 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



include "tui itemized exhibit of the expenses of the meeting with 

 receipted vouchers therefor, a copy of its printed prograninie and the 

 printed proceedings sliowing the title and author of the papers read 

 and hy whom discussed, place or places of meetinj^, with average daily 

 attendance, and such othei- information as may ])e called for l)y the 

 Illinois Fanners' Institute and necessary to successfully assist this 

 work.'' The Illinois Farmers' Institute is authoi-ized to award one 

 free scholarship in the college of agriculture, good for two years, for 

 each county in the State, and one for each Congressional district of 

 Chicago. The awards are made on the recommendation of the farm- 

 ers' institute director for each Congressional district. Free circulating 

 libraries are distributed among the several count}^ institutes. Fifty- 

 one of these li])raries have been equipped and sent out, containing 

 about 50 volumes. 



The Illinois Farmers' Institute is required to make an annual report 

 to the governor of its transactions, which report shall include papers 

 pertaining to its work and addresses made at the annual meeting of 

 the organization. Twenty thousand copies of this report are required 

 to be printed each year, one-half for the use of the Illinois Farmers' 

 Institute and the remainder to the secretary of the State for dis- 

 tribution. 



INDIANA. 



Population 2,516,462. Total number of homes 571,513. Number of farm homes 

 221,451. Per cent of farm homes 38.7. Approximate i)opulation in farm homes 

 973,870. 



Suj)erintendent of institntes^. — "\V. C. Latta, Professor of Agriculture in the School 

 of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Veterinary Science of Purdue University, Lafayette. 



The laws of the State of Indiana require the committee of experi- 

 mental agriculture and horticulture of the board of trustees, together 

 with the faculty of the school of agriculture of Purdue Universit}^, to 

 appoint persons to hold county institutes in the several counties of the 

 State. Ten thousand dollars per annum has been appropriated for 

 bearing the expenses of the lecturers and such other items as may be 

 necessary for the proper conduct of the work. The director of insti- 

 tutes is appointed b}^ the trustees of Purdue University, the present 

 officer being the professor of agriculture in the university, and 

 advisory agriculturist of the experiment station. 



During the year 181 institutes were held, comprising 858 sessions, 

 and attended by 73,053 persons. The number of lecturers upon the 

 State force was 39. The schedule, including dates, places, and pro- 

 grammes, is arranged by the superintendent, and the places are decided 

 by conference with the local officers. The local committees usually 

 arrange the programmes. Two State lecturers are provided for each 

 institute, with an occasional extra speaker to discuss some special topic, 

 jyiembers of the college and station staffs attend institutes without 



