102 ANNUAL RF.PORTR OF DKPARTMKNT OF AnRTCUT.TTTRE. 



Of ])iil)lio higli schools teaching agriciiKure without State aid the 

 nimibcr has increased from 432 in 1910 to over 1,600 in 1912, and of 

 State and county normal schools which are giving their students 

 some instruction in agriculture the number has increased from 15G 

 to 19G. 



These are all institutions for white students. In addition, there 

 are over 100 secondary schools for negroes, 16 special elementary 

 schools for negroes, and 112 schools for Indians, all of which are 

 giving some insl ruction in agriculture. 



The total number of institutions listed in 1910 as having students 

 .in agriculture was 863, while at the i^resent time there are 2,575, an 

 increase of 1,712 institutions, or nearly 200 per cent, in two years. 



farmers' institutes. 



The work of the department in aid of farmers' institutes has con- 

 tinued under the direction of the Office of Experiment Stations. 

 Reports received from tlie several States show that 5,663 regular 

 institutes were held in 40 States. The total number of sessions was 

 15,965 with a total attendance of 2,272,146. It is estimated that com- 

 plete reports from all States would show over 19,000 sessions of 

 regular institutes with a total attendance of over 2,500,000. The 

 reports in hand show that the special institutes aggregated an at- 

 tendance of 1,389,266, making the entire attendance at institute 

 meetings of all kinds nearly 4,000,000, an increase of over 360,000 

 over the figures for last year. 



THE DEPART.MENt's INSULAR AGRICULTURAIi EXPERIIMENT STATIONS. 



The work of the experiment stations maintained b}^ this dei^art- 

 ment in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Ilico, and Guam during the fiscal 

 year 1912 was very successful, and the results of their efforts in 

 attempting the diversification of agriculture are beginning to be 

 apparent. The practicability of farming on a considerable scale, 

 gardening, small-fi-uit growing, and stock raising in Alaska has 

 been fully demonstrated. In Hawaii and Porto Rico new industries 

 are being developed and old ones revived, so that a much wider 

 field of agricultural and horticultural activity is reported. In Guam 

 the introduction of new crops has been eminently successful, and 

 the restoration of agriculture to its former importance is believed 

 to be assured. During the year some improved breeds of horses, 

 cattle, hogs, and chickens were successfully introduced, and the up- 

 building of the dilTerent classes of live stock has been begun. 



The appreciation of the work of the several stations is growing 

 rapidly. In nearly every instance the support of the Territorial 

 officials is quite cordially given, and the stations are often taxed 



