farmers'' institutes of the united states. (575 



for approval. The diites, places, and spoukors arc announced aT)Out 

 forty da3's in advance of Decemlx'i- 1, which i« the beginning of the 

 institute season. The institutes are advertised local 1}^ by the county 

 societies. Twenty-eight independent institutes were held during the 

 year by local organizations. The attendance reported was 8,681. 



OKLAHOMA. 



Population 398,331. Total number of homes 86,i(08. Number of farm homes 

 63,094. Per cent of farm homes 72.6. Approximate population in farm homes 

 289,188. 



Director of ins^titutes. — J. I>. Tiioburn, Secretary lioanl of Agriculture, Guthrie. 



The formation of a State ))oard of airi'icidture, consistinp- of six 

 members and the governor, who is a mem))er ex odicio, is authorized 

 under a recent act of the Territorial legislature. The six members of 

 this board are elected l)y delegates from county institutes, whose 

 organization is provided for in the act. Wherever not less than fifteen 

 farmers, residents in one county, shall apply to the .secretary of 

 the Territor}' he is reqiured to issue a charter of incorporation and 

 the organization shall thereafter be known as the count}- farmers' 

 institute for such count}'. These county institutes are required to 

 hold an annual meeting at the comity seat, at which matters pertaining 

 to agriculture shall l)e discussed and one delegate be elected to attend 

 the annual meeting of the board of agriculture. Tliesc delegates at 

 their annual meeting elect two members of the State board of agricul- 

 ture, whose terms are for three 3^ears, and the law provides that this 

 board "'shall have supervision of the count}^ farmers' institute sys- 

 tem." The board elects its secretarv and assigns his duties, one of 

 whii'h is the management of the farmers' institutes. 



l^ast year 2d institutes were held: Twenty-three one-day, 5 two- 

 day, and 1 three-day. There were 30 sessions. One thousand dol- 

 lars was appropriated for conducting the work. Six speakers were 

 upon the institute force, all members of the agricultural college and 

 experiment station stalls, and contributing twenty days of their time. 

 The local expenses of the institutes are provided for by the county 

 institute .societies. The dates of institutes are fixed by the county 

 organizations at their annual meetings, and thev also assist the State 

 director in preparing, programmes. No report of the institute pro- 

 ceedings is published. 



OREGON. 



Population 413,536. Totiil number of homes 91,214. Xumber of farm homes 

 36,156. Per cent of farm homes 39.6. Approximate population in farm homes 

 163,760. 



Director of institutes. — James Withycombe, Director Ai^rictiltural Kxperiment 

 Station, Corvallis. 



Oregon has no law regarding farmers' institutes. Those that are 



