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of all kinds. The State department, however, expended $6,500, 

 which was $1,500 more than was appropriated, and hence if every 

 county expended all its appropriation the total expenditure for insti- 

 tute work during the year from all sources would amount to $21,700. 

 Seven hundred and forty sessions of regular institutes with an attend- 

 ance of 80,000 are reported, besides 204 independent institutes with 

 60,000 in attendance, and 6 sessions of round-up institutes with 2,400 

 in attendance. In addition institute picnics were held at the demon- 

 stration farms in 67 counties with an estimated attendance of 21,775. 

 About 40 counties have women's organization auxiliary institutes. 

 Boys' sessions were held in 30 institutes. No State lecturers were 

 employed, the college of agriculture and the experiment station fur- 

 nishing all the speakers and paying the salaries. Seventy-six local 

 people addressed the meetings. Five members of the agricultural 

 college spent a total of 150 days in institute work, and three from 

 the experiment station about 90 days. 



OREGON. 



Institute director. — J. Withycombe, director agricultural experiment station, 

 Corvallis. 



Swine husbandry and horticulture were the principal topics dis- 

 cussed at all institutes. The institute is also assisting at fairs by 

 judging live stock and farm products, and lecturing upon the strong 

 and weak points of the exhibit. This has proved to be effective educa- 

 tional work. Demonstration work also has been made a feature of 

 practically all institutes. The State appropriation of $2,500 enabled 

 the holding of 64 sessions of regular institutes with an attendance 

 of 11,250. Two demonstration trains were run, consisting of 7 

 cars filled with demonstration material. The trains made 36 stops 

 and met 1,635 people. Four State lecturers were employed besides 

 80 local speakers. The college of agriculture sent 1 lecturer for 10 

 days, and the experiment station 9 lecturers for a total of 170 days 

 of institute work. 



PENNSYLVANIA, 



Institute director. — A. L. Martin, deputy secretary of agriculture, Harrisburg. 



Twelve movable schools, lasting from 4 to 8 days each, were held 

 and interested the people, especially in the more advanced communi- 

 ties, along special lines of agriculture, such as dairying, horticulture, 

 and poultry industry. The total attendance at these schools was 

 16,697. The demonstration method of instruction has been a promi- 

 nent phase in these schools. In all the regular institutes the subjects 

 of dairying, horticulture, poultry, and home sanitation were dis- 

 cussed. One thousand and sixty-one sessions, with an attendance of 

 161,696, were reported, besides 17 independent institutes, with an 



