078 KKTOKT OK OFFICE OK KXl'KKIMKNT STATIONS. 



iiios. Thirj v-ono institutes were hold with an equal number of sessions. 

 The total attendance was 8,()1M). Eleven lecturers were on the State 

 force, and the total expense of the institutes was $1,00(». Eight mem- 

 bers of the college and station staffs contributed thirty days of time 

 to institute woik. The })rooranune for each institute is arrang-ed at 

 the college before tlie season beo-ins, and the college pays the entire 

 expenses connected with the meetings. 



Nineteen institutes for negroes were conducted l\v the Colored Nor- 

 mal Industiial, Agricultural, and Mechanical College under the direc- 

 tion of President Thomas E. Miller. The attendance aggregated 5,700, 

 and thirty-live days of the time of the college staff were given to the 

 work. The expense of the institute amounted to $150. No report of 

 the proceedings was pu])lished. 



SOUTH DAKOTA. 



Population 401,570. Total number of homes 83,586. Number of farm homes 

 51,9o7. Per cent of farm homes 62.2. Approximate population in farm iiomes 

 249,776. 



There has been no legislation in South Dakota relating to farmers' 

 institutes and no institutes were held during the past j^ear, 



TENNESSEE. 



Population 2,020,615. Total numl^er of homes 402,536. Number of farm homes 

 22t),()27. Per cent of farm homes 56.2. Approximate population in farm homes 

 1,135,585. 



Director of institutes. — W. W. Ogilvie, Commissioner of Agriculture, Nashville. 



Tennessee has no special law respecting farmers'' institutes. An 

 appropriation is made to the department of agriculture by the legis- 

 lature to be used by the commissioner for institute purposes. The 

 commissioner has complete control of the woi'k, selects the lecturers, 

 arranges the programmes, and decides the places and times for holding 

 the meetings. Forty institutes were held last 3'ear at a cost of $2,500. 

 Seven members of the agricultural college and station staffs contributed 

 125 days of their time in giving instruction at institute meetings. Ten 

 thousand persons are reported as having been in attendance. 



The death of the former commissioner, who had charge of the 

 institute work during the past season, has made it impossible to 

 secure full statistical data, A general farmers' institute was held at 

 the State Agricultural and Mechanical College at Knoxville, June 23 

 to 26, at which there were estimated to be about 1,200 farmers, mostly 

 from eastern Tennessee. The meetings Avere addressed bj'^ members 

 of the agricultural college and experiment station staffs, as well as by 

 lecturers secured from other States. The appropriation for institute 

 purposes for the coming 3' ear has been increased to $5,000. 



