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There will be in addition, the State help of at least two lecturers, 

 which, with the local assistance, ought to carry the work through 

 in a creditable manner. 



Past experience in most of the counties has shown that the two 

 days' institute is much more economical and efficient than the one 

 day meeting. In the one day meeting the time is usually given to 

 the visiting lecturers to the exclusion of local aid, on the gi-ound that 

 the people wish to hear the strangers, and as there is not time to 

 hear all, the visitors are given the preference. This is a serious mis- 

 take. The main object of the institute is the development of the 

 local people, and whatever interferes with this, ought to be corrected. 

 A two day institute gives ample time for all to be heard, and pro- 

 vides, also for the deliberate and full discussion of matters of in- 

 terest that may arise. The morning session of the first day is al- 

 most always a failure, and ought to be dropped, and the institute 

 begin at one P. M., and continued for five sessions. This gives time 

 for the visiting lecturers to reach the ground, and begin the work 

 with the advantage of a full house. 



