070 KKPOKT OK OKFK^K OK KXl'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



<>r;iii<'C oriijini/ations, riinii cliilts, mid ii<rriciilliwiil iiiid horticultural 

 sofictios. Two thousiiiul copies ol" icports of piocecdiii<»;.s were pub- 

 li.sli('d and distributed. 



NEW JERSEY. 



I'npiilaliiiii l,SS.'5,t)()9. Tolal iiniiil)er of lioiiii's 415,222. NmihImt of fjiriii lioinca 

 ;i5,:{:{7. IVt cenl of farm lionii'H .S.5. Apitroxiniali? population in farm liomos 

 UiO.lll. 



Director of institutes. — Franklin Dye, Secretary of State J>oar<l of Agriculture, 

 Trenton. 



'i'lic fanncr.s' institutes in New Jersey are orj^^inized and conducted 

 under f^eneral authority granted to the State I)oard of aj^ricidture ])y 

 the leo-islature. Under the act the ])oard is authorized to "employ 

 suitable persons to lecture before the State boai-d of agriculture at its 

 annual or other meetings and in the counties of the State." The exec- 

 utive committee of the board has delegated the management and con- 

 duct of the institutes to its secretary. Thirty-one institutes were 

 held last season, made up of 119 sessions. Twelve of these institutes 

 were onc-daj', 18 were two-day, and 1 three-day. The total attend- 

 ance was 6,850. Thirty-eight lecturers were employed during the 

 season upon the State force, and $!2,()00 was expended for meeting 

 the expenses. No report of the proceedings is published. 



Independent institutes, averaging two meetings in each of the 

 eighteen comities, were held, with an atteiuhuice of al)out .50 each. 

 Tlu^ State director usually furnishes a speaker when requested to lec- 

 ture before these independent or auxiliary institutes. There are no 

 specific local organizations for institute work in the State. The 

 director invites the mend)ers of county boards, granges, and farm clubs 

 to aid him in the work of an-anging for the county meetings. In most 

 places the dates, places, and programmes are prepared l)y the State 

 director. The local connnimities are expected to i)rovid(^ ])roper meet- 

 ing rooms and pay all expenses for heat and light. The director 

 attends almost all of the institutes, and in many instances takes a 

 place regularly upon the i)latforni as a lecturer. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Population 195,310. Total number of liome.s 46,355. Number of farm homea 

 13,102. Per cent of farm homes 28.3. Approximate population in farm homes 

 55,272. 



Director of institute.s. — Luther Foster, I'resident of College of Agriculture and 

 Mechanic Arts, and Director of the; p]xj)eriment Station, Mesilla Park. 



The farmers' institute work in New Mexico is under the direction 

 of the agricultural college and experiment station. There is no 

 specific legislation providing for the organization or control of the 

 institute work. The expenses are met by appropriations made by the 



