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INDIANA. 



Institute director. — W. C. Latta, professor of Agriculture, Lafayette. 



Each county in the State has an institute organization, and $100 

 from the county funds is available for institute work in each county, 

 provided a like sum is raised by membership dues. There was thus 

 contributed from the county treasuries about $3,120, and from private 

 sources, such as membership dues, donations, etc., about $7,665, which, 

 together with the State appropriation of $10,000 annually, made the 

 total amount expended for farmers' institutes this year about $20,785. 

 Farmers' institutes were held in every county in the State, and the 

 total number of sessions of regular institutes was 1,218, and the 

 attendance 203,910, The college of aginculture and the experiment 

 station contributed the services of 16 lecturers, with an aggregate 

 of 81 days, and 42 State speakers were employed, while about 50 

 local persons made addresses. No record was kept of the number 

 and attendance at special institutes, the railroad specials, or picnics, 

 as these are not under the farmers' institute auspices in this State. 

 Several women's sessions and 20 sessions for young people were held 

 and the interest reported as good. 



IOWA. 



Institute director. — J. C. Simpson, secretary board of agriculture, Des Moines. 



At a cost of $14,764.25 the State board of agriculture in coopera- 

 tion with the extension department of the college of agriculture held 

 564 sessions of regular farmers' institutes at which 117,550 persons 

 were in attendance. They were distributed in 81 of the 99 counties 

 in the State. Some institutes for women and some sessions for boys 

 were held, but no record was made. The extension department of 

 the college of agriculture furnished the lecturers for all the institutes. 



KANSAS. 



Institute director. — J. H. Miller, superintendent farmers' institute work and 

 agricultural extension, Manhattan. 



The farmers' institute work is carried on as a part of the agricul- 

 tural education extension work of the college of agriculture, and this 

 year included, besides 782 sessions of regular institutes held in 100 of 

 the 105 counties of the State, with an attendance of 10,044, a number 

 of domestic-science movable schools, at which 372 were reported, 

 many schoolhouse campaigns with 5,672 in attendance, numerous 

 civic-improvement meetings with 21,670 listeners, and agricultural 

 trains that attracted 9,887 people. All the above forms of institute 

 work cost $25,366.66. Seven persons were employed regularly on the 

 staff and 31 State lecturers part of the time, while 16 members of the 



