410 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Institute director. — Franlilin Dye, secretary State board of agriculture, 

 Trenton. 



Including the regular institutes, the annual meeting, and also 

 farmers' week, there were held during the year 116 sessions, with a 

 total of 11,000 in attendance. In addition, there were railroad specials 

 on three roads, covering in all 6 days, and meeting 2,000 people. The 

 agricultural college supplied 6 lecturers for a total of 35 days, while 

 4 State lecturers and 3 local speakers were used. In all, $2,976.49 was 

 expended in the work. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Institute director. — Luther Foster, dean of agriculture, Agricultural Ck)llege. 

 No farmers' institutes were held during the year. 



NEW YORK. 



Institute director. — R. A. Pearson, commissioner of agriculture, Albany. 



New York State appropriated for institutes for the year $31,000, 

 and $27,500 was expended, which, however, does not include the sal- 

 ary and expenses of the director. There were held during the year 

 1,170 sessions of regular institutes, with an attendance of 149,450. 

 In addition, there were held 156 periods in public schools, at which a 

 total of 22,697 were present, this school work being a feature of the 

 institutes in this State. There were also 8 institutes in cooperation 

 "with State agricultural organizations, in which the attendance 

 amounted to 23,750. One woman speaker accompanied each institute 

 force, and special women's sessions were held at several institutes. 

 One normal institute and 28 summer institutes were held. The 

 institute also cooperated with the college of agriculture and the 

 railroads in running 3 farm trains. A new feature of the institute 

 Work this year was the introduction of field demonstrations. One 

 man was emploj^ed in this work, w^ho installed 100 fields of alfalfa. 

 The college of agriculture furnished 15 lecturers for a total of 50 

 days, the experiment station 10 lecturers for 120 days, and the State 

 employed about 35 lecturers. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Institute director. — T. B. Parker, director of farmers' institutes, Raleigh. 



Thirty-five thousand copies of the annual report of the institute 

 Work are published and distributed to the regular mailing list. The 

 State appropriation of $7,500 for the year was all expended in hold- 

 ing 469 sessions of regular institutes, at which 40,604 people were in 

 attendance; 14 independent institutes, with a total attendance of 

 2,250; 9 sessions of round-up institutes, with 1,800 present; and 73 



