008 UKi'oirr of okfick ok kxj'ekimknt stations. 



and pliicos. 'V\w local couiily or<i'ainzatioiis arc recjuircd to provide 

 suitalilc halls, and must fuinisji (liciii willi iicht jnul heat and bear 

 all necessary jidvertising expenses. Two thousand dollars was appro- 

 priated for the purpose of eonductin*;' institutes this 3'ear. Under a 

 new hiw appi'oved March (>, liKj;}, $4,(M)() per ainium is appropriated, 

 and each institute held under the authoritN' of the board shall )>e 

 entitled to a sum not exceeding' !i>50 from the amount thus appropriated. 

 An institute aimual is authorized to be pul)lished, the cost not to 

 exceed $1,500 in any one j^ear. Sixteen institutes were held durin*^ 

 the year, consistino- of 32 sessions. Six hundred persons were in 

 attendance and K) lecturers were upon the State force. Four of these 

 lecturers were members of the at^ricultural coUeo-e and station stafi's 

 and were present at 8 institutes, contri])utin»;;' 32 days of their time. 



The rules of the board requii-e that the State shall be divided into 

 districts for institute purposes. The formation of local farmers' insti- 

 tute organizations, or farmers' clubs, in the various counties of the 

 State is reconnnended. The secretar3' of the board is, under their 

 rules, the superintendent of farmers' institutes and has immediate 

 charge of all arrangements for the farmers' institute work over the 

 State. He is required to make a report of the work of the year and 

 the meetings held to the board. Five thousand copies of reports of 

 the institutes are published each year and distributed 



NEBRASKA. 



Population 1,066,300. Total number of homes 220,947. Number of farm homes 

 116,854. Per cent of farm homes 52.9. Approximate jjopulation in farm homes 

 564,072. 



Director of institutes. — E. A. Burnett, Director Agricultural Experiment Station of 

 Nebraska, Lincoln. 



Farmers' institutes in Nebraska are held under the general direction 

 of the industrial college of the University of Nebraska and the agri- 

 cultural experiment station. The university employs a superintendent 

 of farmers"' institutes, who is director of the experiment station. 

 There is also employed an assistant superintendent who has charge of 

 the field work. 



Sixtj^-five institutes were held last year, consisting of 268 sessions. 

 Twenty-three institutes were one-da}^, 38 two-day, and 4 three-da}^ 

 The total attendance was 25,000. Thirty-three lecturers were employed 

 upon the State institute force, and $4,000 was appropriated for meet- 

 ing the expenses of the work. The members of the agricultural col- 

 lege and experiment station staffs assist whenever their services are 

 required and their duties in connection with their official positions 

 permit. No report of the proceedings is published. The dates, 

 places, and programmes for the institutes are arranged by the State 

 director. The local county organizations consist of a president, secre- 



