060 KEl'OKT OF OFFICK (>F KXTKlllMENT STATIONS. 



KANSAS. 



Population 1,470,4!I5. Total imiiilKT of lioincs .S21,947. Niiniln'rof farm homes 

 l()7,(Ui(). I'er cent of farm liomes 51.!). Api)roximate iMijinlation in farm lionies 

 763,186. 



nin'ctor of institutes. — J. T. Willard, Director Agricultural Experiment Station, 

 Manhattan. 



The leo-islatiirc of 1903 passed an act pfovidiiifj for thefofniatioii of 

 county farmers' institute as.sociatioiis. Such as.sociation luider this act 

 shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, 

 and it nuist adopt a constitution and ])3"-laws for its government. The 

 count}' institute association is entitled to the sum of $50 from the county 

 to defray the legitimate expenses of a two days'* institute, and the legis- 

 lature has provided in addition an appropriation of $2,000 per year to 

 the State agricultural college, to be used in pa5ing the expenses of the 

 members of the college faculty and experiment station who attend 

 institutes. The duties of State directors are performed ])v the chair- 

 man of a committee appointed by the president of the college on insti- 

 tute work. Ninet}^-two institutes were held during the j'car, composed 

 of 20-1 sessions. Eighty-two of the institutes were one-day and 10 

 were two-day. The total attendance was 38,085. The number of 

 speakers upon the State corps was 16. The college and station staffs 

 attended 90 institutes, giving 200 days of their time. The chairman 

 of the State institute committee arranges the dates, places, and pro- 

 grammes for institute meetings. The said corps of lecturers is com- 

 posed of members of the college faculty and station force. The 

 proceedings are not pu])lished except brief abstracts by the farm 

 papers. 



KENTUCKY. 



Population 2,147,174. Total number of homes 4.37,054. Number of farm homes 

 234,821. Per cent of farm homes 53.7. Approximate population in farm homes 

 1,153,032. 



Director of institutes. — I. B. Nail, Commissioner of Agriculture, Frankfort. 



Kentuckj^ has no specific farmers' institute law. The work is con- 

 ducted under authority given in the general law prescribing the duties 

 of the State bureau of agriculture in which the commissioner is 

 directed to "promote and encourage, as far as practicable, societies 

 and other associations in the several counties." Eight institutes were 

 held during the year, attended b}' 2,000 persons. Eleven lecturers are 

 upon the State institute force. Three of these are from the agricul- 

 tural college and experiment station staffs, who attended five institutes, 

 giving in the aggregate fifteen days of their time to institute work. 

 The sum of $13,000 is annually appropriated to meet the expenses of 

 the bureau of agriculture. Of this sum $1,200 was appropriated b\^ 

 the bureau for institute purposes. The proceedings are edited b}' the 

 State director and printed in supplement form, and circulated by the 



