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it, I might have done it, but I am afraid I couldn't do it jubLice with- 

 out some little thought. The farmers' institute work has developed 

 in recent years, and the variation in the development is one of the 

 most curious things, as I have studied it in a number of states. We 

 have some that are under autocratic rule absolutely from the centra-! 

 head, and our people say that that is all wrong, and yet when I have 

 seen an institute so conducted, I have sometimes thought and said 

 it is a mighty good thing to have some autocratic work in insti- 

 tutes, and yet you know I come from Ohio. I think that Pennsyl- 

 vania has one of the best modifications of these various systems 

 that you can find anywhere. You want a central head; you must 

 have an organization and have the men capable of doing the work; 

 otherwise it is not efficient or economical. On the other hand, insti- 

 tutes, as a rule, cannot be successful unless the local men take the 

 heat and burden of the day and make them go. Well, now, how 

 would I have an institute run? First, I would have a program 

 suitable to the audience from beginning to end, regardless of the 

 feelings of those who went on the program. That means just this, 

 that if I had a local man who knew more, was a specialist, and 

 knew more than the State lecturers knows on a certain subject, he 

 would have just as much time on the program as the State lecturer. 

 On the other hand, if I did n^ot have that local man there, but had 

 one who thought he knew as much, but really did not, and would be 

 a bore, I tell you I would sit down on him and keep him off that pro- 

 gram, even if I did have to live with him for the rest of the year. 

 I dont believe any man is cut out for an institute worker unless 

 it is in him to know when he is tiring his audience. 



PKOF. WATTS: I would like to say that I never attended a 

 better Normal Institute than I have here in Pennsylvania. I don't 

 say this was the best, but I do say that it has been very gratifying 

 to me. 



The DEPUTY SECRETARY: Mr. Chairman and Institute Chair- 

 men and Lecturers and all interested: The past four days to me 

 have been an inspiration in this work. I am impressed with the 

 thought and idea that we, in Pennsylvania, have at least taken 

 one step forward in the line of elevating agriculture, which is the 

 burden of our work. 



My friends, the photograph of your kindly feelings and courteous 

 treatment, as well as the photograph of your presence and the work 

 accomplished and carried through these four days, as presented in 

 this program, is fixed in my mind, and I feel quite certain that at 

 this particular time in the history of institutes in Pennsylvania, 

 when we are approaching the season in which our instructors vdll 



