REPORT OF FARMERS' INSTITUTES, 1912. 



BY 



T. B. PARKER, Director of Farmers' Institdtes, 



AND 



JAMES M. GRAY, Assistant Director of Farmers' Institutes. 



During the institute year beginning December 1, 1911, and ending 

 November 30, 1912, we have held the following number of institutes 

 under the auspices of the State Department of Agriculture : 



236 regular Farmers' Institutes for men; 231 Institutes for women; 

 35 Special Railway Institutes, 14 with the Winston-Salem South- 

 bound, 22 with the Southern Railway Dairy Train ; 11 Orchard Demon- 

 strations ; 5 three-days Short Courses ; a three-day Normal or Train- 

 ing Institute; and a three-day Round-up Institute or Farmers' Con- 

 vention. During the year we have held institutes in 99 of the 100 

 counties in the State, Dare County being the only one omitted. 



The total attendance at the various sessions was as follows : 



At Men's Meetings, Regular Institutes 32,493 



At Women's Meetings, Regular Institutes 18,413 



At Short Courses 1,332 



At Railway Special Institutes 3,903 



At Orchard Demonstrations 223 



At other Special Institutes 1,405 



At Farmers' Convention 2,300 



Total attendance 60,069 



The following table illustrates the growth of institutes in the State: 



1898— 28 



1903— 17 



1904— 58 



1905— 79 

 1906—136 

 1907—169 

 1908—234 

 1909—247 

 1910—392 

 1911—471 

 1912—502 



nstitutes in 27 counties, 

 nstitutes in 16 counties, 

 nstitutes in 58 counties, 

 nstitutes in 76 counties, 

 nstitutes in 91 counties, 

 nstitutes in 93 counties, 

 nstitutes in 95 counties, 

 nstitutes in 93 counties, 

 nstitutes in 96 counties, 

 nstitutes in 97 counties, 

 nstitutes in 99 counties. 



Each year additional evidence is given of the appreciation of the 

 farmers and other citizens of the State of the work being done by the 

 State Department of Agriculture along the line of Farmers' Institutes. 



