00)4 RKPOHT OF OFFICK <)F KXrKUIMENT STATIONS. 



raa}' emplo}'' sucli ajifcnt or a<>*{Mits to poi'fonii sucli duties in connection 

 therewith as it slmll deem l)est." 



Local county I'arniers' institute societies ar(^ ])rovided loi' in the act, 

 and such societies are recjuired to hold aniuially at least one institute 

 of at least two days in lenf^th. To oroani/e a local count}' institute 

 society the rule of the board reciuires that at least "twenty residents 

 of the county, without reo^ard to sex, but of leoal age, shall meet and 

 adopt a brief constitution in harmony with the State law, elect a pres- 

 ident and vice-president from each township in the county, and a 

 secretary, who shall also be treasui'er. Such societ}' shall furnish to 

 the secretary of the board of aoTicnlture a copy of its constitution 

 and ]>y-laws, and shall transmit witii the same a written aoreemeiit, 

 signed ))v the president and secretary of the society, stating that 

 the society will, for purposes of farmers' institutes, conform to the 

 rules of the board of agriculture governing such institute. Within 

 ten days after the close of each institute the secretary shall make 

 a report to the superintendent on l)Ianks to })e furnished bj' the 

 superintendent." The immediate management of the farmers' insti- 

 tutes is phiced in charge of a superintendent elected b}' the board of 

 agriculture. The superintendent arranges for locating and holding 

 institutes, is authorized to approve all institute societies when prop- 

 erly organized, and, after consultation with members of local institute 

 societies, determine the time and place for holding the institutes and 

 the subjects to be discussed. He also designates the persons who are 

 to attend as lecturers, and has authority to reject from the programme 

 local speakers or topics that are objectionable. He has authoi-ity to 

 call upon the faculty and instructors of the agricultural college and 

 the members of the experiment station force for such institute work 

 as ma}' be assigned them by the l>oard with the consent of the 

 president. 



During the past year 28-i institutes were held, consisting of 885 ses- 

 sions. Two hundred and thirteen of these institutes were one-day, 70 

 were two-da}^, and one three-day. The total attendance was 53,037. 

 There were 97 speakers upon the State lecture force. Sixteen mem- 

 bers of the college faculty and of the experiment station staff assisted 

 in this work. The appropriation for the expenses of the lecture force 

 was $7,500. Reports containing statistics of attendance, list of officers, 

 etc., and a report of the annual round-up institute, together with such 

 papers as are of special excellence i-ead at the county institutes, are 

 edited by the State superintendent, and 8,000 copies were published 

 for distribution b}- the institute societies. A round-up of institute 

 workers is held each year. 



