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1,328 more to the total number of jieople reached by the institutes. 

 The entire cost to the State was $0,080. 



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Institute director. — George McKerrow, director farmers' institutes, Madison. 



The institute published .50,000 copies of its 320-i3age annual farm- 

 ers' institute bulletin, and 10,000 copies of a 9C)-page cook book, and 

 distributed them to the institutes and cooking schools. 



The law requires that one cop_y of the annual shall be placed in each 

 school district library, and this alone consumed about 8,000 copies. 

 These annual farmers' institute bulletins are the most popular pub- 

 lications along agricultural lines published by the State, and the 

 demand for them exceeds tlie supply. Bovine tuberculosis, alfalfa, 

 roads, and soil fertility were subjects discussed at each institute. 

 There were altogether 0(50 sessions of regular institutes, with an 

 attendance of 100,519; 9 sessions of round-up institutes, with about 

 7,130 persons in attendance; and 41 cooking schools. Thirty State 

 lecturers and about 20 local speakers were employed. The agricul- 

 tural college and experiment station furnished 5 lecturers for a total 

 of 6 days. The total cost (^f the institutes was $20,000, which includes 

 the salary and expenses of the director and the printing and distribu- 

 ting of the annual bulletin and the cook book. 



WYOMING. 



Institute director. — H. G. Kniglit, director agricultural experiment station, 

 Laramie. 



The institutes for the year cost the State $1,737.54, which enabled 

 the holding of 98 sessions of regular institutes, with an attendance 

 of 4,108, and 19 sessions of a railroad special, with 3,700 in attendance. 

 The agricultural college and experiment station furnished 12 lecturers 

 for a total of 257 days, and 15 additional State lecturers were 

 emploj^ed. 



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