farmers' institutes of the united states. 605 



minnesota. 



Population 1,751, .394. Total iminlxT of homes 342,658. Numberof farm homes 

 152,393. Per cent of farm homes 44.5. Approximate population in farm homes 

 779,470. 



Superintendent of institutes. — O. C. Ciregg, Lynd. 



The legislaturo of IVIiiincsotti, ))v act approved April 14:. li»03, 

 repealed all former leoi.slation with reoard to fanners' institutes in 

 that State, and provided for their future constitution, j^overnment, 

 and support in an entirely new act composed of tifteen sections. A 

 board of administration is created by the act consisting of three mem- 

 bers of the board of regents of the University of Minnesota, the presi- 

 dent of the State Agricultural Society', the president of the State Dairy 

 Association, and the president of the State Horticultural Society, to 

 have charsfe of the execution of the act regulating the farmers' insti- 

 tutc work throughout the Stiite. This board of administration is 

 authorized to appoint a State superintendent of farmers* institutes 

 whose term of oHice continues for two years. The board of adminis- 

 tration, in conjunction with the superintendent, arranges the institute 

 circuits and determines the times and places where institutes are to 

 be held. The duties of the superintendent are defined as follows: 

 "To superintend the several institutes when located as herein pro- 

 vided; to engage competent instructors therefor; to receive, examine, 

 and report upon all bills for expenses and services payable from estab- 

 lished appropriation; and at the end of each fiscal year to make a 

 detailed report of all farmers' institutes held under his direction, with 

 an itemized account of all expenditures under this act during the year 

 last past, to said board of administration." The board of administra- 

 tion is directed to prepare and pul)lish each year a Farmers' Institute 

 Annual. Thirty thousand copies of this publication were sent out last 

 year. One hundred institutes were held during the season, consisting 

 of 238 sessions. Eighty -five institutes were one-da}^ and 1.5 were two- 

 day. The total attendance was 85,171. Thirteen lecturers were 

 upon the State institute corps. The ap]iropi-iation for institute 

 expenses was li>lM,5(>0. The college and exjx'riment station W(M'e rep- 

 resented by one member, who attended nineteen meetings, amounting 

 to nineteen days of service. There arc no local county organizations 

 of institutes in the State, the superintendent selecting persons in each 

 locality from year to year to assist him in organizing and conducting 

 the local work. 



MISSISSIPPI. 



Population 1,551,270. Total number of liomos 318,948. Numberof farm homes 

 221,110. Per cent of farm homea GU.3. Approximate population in farm homes 

 1,075,030. 



