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CONCLUSION. 



I desire to express gratitude to the press of the State for the 

 valuable assistance given us in publishing records of our meetings 

 and advertising same without charge, also County Superintendents 

 of Schools, School Directors and Teachers who have joined with us 

 in an effort to advance the educational surroundings of the farming 

 people; the country ministers of the State who encourage their 

 people to attend and take part in the meetings. In many places 

 the country churches are opened for our use. The Legislature has 

 uniformally recognized the enlargement of the work by gradually 

 increasing the appropriation for carrying on the same. Too mucli 

 commendation can not be given to County Chairmen of Institutes 

 and their co-workers, than whom possibly no other one force is more 

 potent in advancing the work within the counties af the State. 



Very respectfully, 



A. L. MARTIN, 

 Director of Institutes. 



