(')7l> KFrORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



lu'ld arc iiiulcr the direction of the State aj'ricultural eolieiic and 

 experiment station, and are voluntary on the part of these institutions. 

 Last 3'ear -20 institutes were ht>l(l, ten one-day and ten two-day, 

 the total luunber of sessions heino- co. Four thousand persons were 

 in attendance. There were six lecturers upon the State force, all of 

 whom were from the collejreand experinuMit station stafis. The}'^ con- 

 tril)uted in the aj4t^reg'ate 240 days of time. The sum of $300 was 

 expended in carryino- on the work. No report of })roceedinos is pub- 

 lished, 'i'lie sum of $1,000 has been appropriated for institute pur- 

 poses for the coming- year. There is no regular form of organization 

 for the several counties. The director arranges the dates and places 

 after consultation with the localities desiring institutes. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Population fi,o02,n5. Total number t)f homes 1,320,025. Number of farm homes 

 225,ri(;5. l\'r ivut of farm homes 17.1. Api)roximate population in farm homes 

 1,077,()61. 



Director of institutes. — A. L. Martin, Deputy Secretary of Agricailture, llarrisl)urg. 



Under the Pennsylvania law the deput}' secretary of agriculture, 

 who is appointed by the governor for a term of four years, is also 

 director of farmers' institutes. He is required to "'arrange them in 

 such manner as to time and places of holding the same as to secure the 

 greatest econoni}' and efficiency of service, and to this end he shall, in 

 each county where such institutes are to be held, confer and advise 

 with the local member of the State board of agriculture, together with 

 representatives duly appointed by each county agricultural, horticul- 

 tural, and other like organizations, with reference to the appointment 

 of speakers and other local arrangements.'- 



The institutes are supported by Inennial appropriations b}^ the legis- 

 lature to the department of agriculture. The number of institutes 

 held last 3'^ear were 327, consisting of 831 sessions. Fortj^-nine of 

 these institutes were one-day, 277 two-day, and 1 three-day. There 

 were 58 lecturers upon the State force. The amount appropriated for 

 the support of the institutes was $15,000. Partial reports are pub- 

 lished in the annual report of the department. Thirty-one thousand 

 six hundred copies of this report are published and distributed 

 annually. The Penns3dvania State College and the Agricultural 

 Experiment Station were represented on the institute lecture force by 

 four members, who contributed in the aggregate 108 days of their 

 time and attended 58 institutes. The local organization consists of a 

 county chairman, who is usually the member of the State board of 

 agriculture elected by the county agricultural society, and one repre- 

 sentative from each of the other county agricultural organizations. 

 All of the expenses of the institute work, including the local expenses 

 in the several counties, are paid out of the State appropriation. The 



