FAliMEKs' INSTITUTES <»K THK UNITED STATES. ()7l 



board of re*jcnts of the Collcjjc of A<4ii(iilture and Mechanic Art.s 

 and (;f the experiment station. Three institutes were held hist year, 

 havin«( a total of 13 sessions. Three hundred and scvcnty-tive per- 

 sons were in att«'ndance, and live lecturers, all nienihers of the station 

 start', <^ave instruction at these nie(>tinj,''s. The total expense amounted 

 to $1"J5. • No report of proceeding's is puhlished. The citizcuis in the 

 localities where institutes arc held pay all the expenses of the meet- 

 ing's except those incurred by the State lectui(!rs. The advertising^ of 

 the institutes is committed to the localities in which the meeting's are 

 to be held. 



NEW YORK. 



rupululiDii 7,268,894. Total miiiilKT of lioiiu-.s l,fi34,52.'l NuimIrt of farm lioiiii-a 

 227,822. IVr cent of farm lionu'S 13.9. Approximate population in farm homes 

 1,010,37(5. 



Director of institutoH. — F. K. Dawley, Fayettevillc 



The director of institutes is api)ointed ))y the commissioner of af^ri- 

 eulturc under authority of an act of the lej'islature creating' the 

 department of aoriculture. The law sinii)ly pi-(nides for tlu^ appoint- 

 ment of tin; dii-ector of institutes and for the appro])riati<Mi of funds 

 to conduct them, leavin<i' the orfranizati<Mi and manaoenient entirely in 

 the hands of the State institute director. Lji-st year 812 institutes were 

 held, made u]) of 1,308 sessions. One bundled and six of these insti- 

 tutes were one-day, 202 were two-day, and 4 were three-day. The 

 totid attendance was 138,528. Sixty-six lecturers were upon the Stjite 

 corps, and lj>2U,(M)(j was api)ropriated for carry inj' on the work. As 

 many as tive .separate corps of speakers are in the Held at the same 

 time. An iiiumal meeting- of the lecturers upon the State force has 

 l)e(!n held for the pui;pose of normal instructi(^n. The tlirector con- 

 tem[)lates extendin<r the course so as to contiiuie for about two weeks, 

 the meetings to 1)C held at the State experinjcnt station and at Cor- 

 nell University. The State speakers in New York arc all listed under 

 the civil service, and the tlirector reports that there has ))een no 

 serious trouble from the rulinos of the Civil Service Connnission. A 

 special ert'oit has been made to develop institutes lecturers, and the 

 lartre number of elKci(;nt men now on the New York State force is 

 evidtMice of the success of the director in this respect. 



An animal report of institute's, amountinfj to 25,000 copies, was 

 printed and the copies distributed by the State director and by mem- 

 bers of the lejjislature. The local, or county, orj'ani/ation varies. 

 ITsually a local conunittee is selected by the State directoi- to have 

 (harireof thearrant'ementsfoiholdini'thecountv meetinj^s. Thedatos, 

 places, and pro<frammes arc arranj'ed by the dijectt)r. Ka<*h local- 

 ity is re(|uired to provide a hall free of expense. The Stjite ])ays the 

 expenses U>v advertisinj' and also for lij^ditinj' and heatinj' of thr hall. 



