70 ANNITAT, REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



REPORT OF THE DEPUTY SECRETARY AND 

 DIRECTOR OF FARMERS' INSTITUTES. 



Harrisburg, Pa., December 31, 1902. 

 Hon John Ifamillon, Secretary of Agriculture : 



Sir: I have the honor to present herewith the report of the progress 

 of Faruiei-e' Institutes, for the year ending June 1, 1902. Tables 

 accouipaujing this report will show the number of institutes held in 

 the ditlerent counties, the sessions into which these meetings were 

 divided, the number of lecturers, local speakers and assayists who 

 were present, the average daily attendance, together with the total 

 attendance at the institutes in each county. 



There were held in all, 324 days of regularly scheduled institutes, 

 divided into 782 sessions. At most of the meetings, three State 

 speakers were present; these were joined by an army of 684 local 

 lecturers. The attendance was all that could have been expected, 

 the daily average being 44.o, and the total attendance being 144,431. 



An interesting feature of this brief report is noted in tihe varia- 

 tion of attendance in the different counties. Among those having 

 tlie largest daily average we find, Allegheny, 491; Armstrong, 475 

 Bedford, 543; Berks, 520; Bradford, 440; Bucks, 555; Butler, 426 

 Cambria, 490; Centre, 50G; Chester, 444; Clarion, 477; Columbia, 925 

 Crawford, 578; Delaware, 457; Huntingdon, 511; Indiana, 527; Jef- 

 ferson, 435; Juniata, 408; Lancaster, 583; Lawrence, 460; Leliigh, 

 403; Luzerne, 603; Lycoming, 431; Mercer, 780; Mifflin, 500; Mont- 

 gomciy, 724; Montour, 525; Northumberland, 554; Perry, 545; Sny- 

 der, 409; Somei-set, 521; Tioga, 512; Venango, 516; Warren, 420; 

 \\;ishing(on, 402; Westmoreland, 537; Wyoming, 444; York, 472. 



It will be seen that Columbia county had the largest daily attend- 

 ance (92.5). In order that the public may have knowledge of this 

 branch of tIhe work, the complete schedule is hereto appended: 



