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attendance of 48,500. There were also about 25 independent insti- 

 tutes, attended by 3,000 people. One women's institute was held, 

 but lady speakers on the regular force addressed 63 institutes. Three 

 large meetings for boys and girls were held. The total expense of the 

 institutes was $10,183.79. The State employed 15 lecturers and the 

 college of agriculture and the experiment station contributed 3 

 lecturers for a total of about 20 days. 



TENNESSEE. 



Institute director. — John Thompson, commissioner of agriculture, Nashville. 



With the exception of 19 local speakers the institute work was done 

 solely by the 8 members of the experiment station staff, who devoted 

 a total of 43 days to the work. Four short courses or movable schools 

 were held in different places, lasting from 5 to 10 days, with 2 

 sessions each day, and with a total registration of 413. Forty-six 

 sessions of regular institutes were held, with an attendance of 8,910, 

 and 24 sessions of round-up institutes, wnth 5,500 in attendance. In 

 addition an agricultural train was run, which was attended by 1,095 

 persons. The total expense for the year was $3,753.67, although the 

 State appropriated $5,000 for the work. 



TEXAS. 



Institute director. — J. W. Neill, director of farmers' institutes, Austin. 



This report covers the first institute work done in the State under 

 a definite appropriation, $5,000 having been given for the work this 

 year. Diversified and intensified farming was discussed at all insti- 

 tutes. About 10 State lecturers were employed, and the college of 

 agriculture and experiment station furnished 6 lecturers for a total of 

 69 days. About 240 sessions of regular institutes were held with an 

 attendance of 3,238. There were also two sessions of round-up insti- 

 tutes, but no record was kept of the attendance, nor was any record 

 kept of the railroad special demonstration train statistics. 



UTAH. 



Institute director. — L. A. Merrill, director agricultural extension, Logan. 



Ten thousand copies of the annual report of the institute work is 

 published each year and distributed to the experiment station mailing 

 list. The cost of the institutes was $6,442.35, which was $611.95 more 

 than the State appropriated, the difference being made up by the fees 

 received from farmers' schools. There were five State lecturers em- 

 ployed part of the time, but the bulk of the institute work was done 

 by the college of agriculture and the experiment station, the former 

 furnishing 4 lecturers for a total of 240 days, and the latter 10 lec- 

 turers for a total of 540 days. There were 240 sessions of regular 



