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Farmers' Week 



The attendance at the Fifth Annual Farmers' Week, held February 

 19 to 24, exceeded that at previous gatherings. Approximately 2,700 

 persons were in attendance during the week, representing 19 States in 

 the Union. New York State was represented by 56 counties, with an 

 actual registration of 1,950, or 96.3 per cent of the total registration, 

 which was 2,025. Three hundred and twenty-six lectures were given and 

 nine associations held their meetings at that time. A summarized state- 

 ment of Farmers' Week follows : 



Number of lectures given (approximately) 326 



Total registration for the week 2,025 



Estimated attendance 2,700 



Number of conventions and conferences 9 



Drainage Convention Plant-Breeders' Association 



* Dairy Students" Association Rural Church Conference 



Experimenters' League Con- Rural School Education 

 ference Students' Association 



Homemakers' Conference Vegetable Growers' Convention 

 Number of exhibitions 16 



Animal Husbandry Horticulture 



Books Plant-Breeding 



Corn Show Plant Pathology 



Dairy Industry Plant Physiology 



Drawing Rural Art 



Entomology Rural School Education 



Farm Mechanics Soil Technology 



Home Economics Weather Bureau 

 Number of contests among students 3 



Eastman Stage 



Winter-Course Stage 



Morrison Debate (Winter-Course) 



Number of cooperating lecturers outside the College 85 



Summary of attendance : 



Counties represented 56 



States represented 19 



Foreign countries i 



Total registration (actual) 2,025 



Total from outside States 75. or 3.7 per cent 



Total from New York State i,95o, or 96.3 per cent 



Total from Tompkins county 484, or 23.9 per cent 



Total from city of Ithaca (not farmers) . , 128, or 6.3 per cent 



