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agricultural colleges and experiment stations in 43 States. Thirty- 

 nine of the States and Territories report the days of service con- 

 tributed by their lecturers at 4,780, an increase of 21 lecturers over 

 the number furnished in 1909 and 1,399 more days of service. 



In addition to carrying on the work of the regular institutes the 

 States have been maintaining a number of special meetings of insti- 

 tute character. Of the various forms of institute activity the movable 

 school of agi-iculture is perhaps most promising. Four hundred and 

 twenty-three sessions of these schools were held, attended by 65,977 

 persons. Special subject institutes, round-up meetings, picnics and 

 harvest-home meetings, field demonstrations, women's institutes, in- 

 stitutes for young people, agricultural instruction trains, and other 

 forms of institute activity were reported w^ith an aggregate attend- 

 ance of 537,330, making the total attendance of all kinds for the year 

 2,933,244, an increase of 74,365 over the year before. 



Cooperation with the agricultural colleges in their extension work 

 has been continued. The reports received by the institute office show 

 that extension departments have been organized in these colleges in 

 32 States and Territories by 35 institutions, and that in 3 other 

 States departments have been partially organized. One hundred and 

 thirteen persons were employed during the year for their full time in 

 extension work in connection with the colleges and stations, and 189 

 other persons contributed part of their time. The appropriations 

 for carrying on the work amounted to over $400,000. 



The farmers' institute specialist has been acting also as secretary 

 of the American Association of Farmers' Institute Workers. This 

 organization held its fifteenth annual meeting in Washington, D. C, 

 last November. At this meeting there were representatives from 37 

 States, the District of Columbia, and three of the Provinces of 

 Canada. The sessions continued during two days. The principal 

 lines of discussion were in the direction of establishing institutes for 

 women separate from those for men, but in affiliation with the pres- 

 ent institute system, and also in considering the propriety of establish- 

 ing institutes for young people between the ages of 14 and 18 years. 

 The discussions brought out the fact that institutes for women were 

 being successfully conducted by a number of the States. The Prov- 

 ince of Ontario, however, was the most notable example of organiza- 

 tion of institutes of this character. Over 600 separate institute 

 societies for women are already in operation in the Province of 

 Ontario with an enrolled membership of over 16,000 persons. Five 

 thousand four hundred and eighty-three sessions of women's institutes 

 were held last year in that Province, with an attendance of 140,388. 



As an outcome of the discussion of the organization of institutes 

 for young people between the ages of 14 and 18 a resolution embody- 

 ing the sense of the association was adopted recommending the sev- 

 eral directors of farmers' institutes to make the experiment within 



