Till-: Bulletin. 21 



SUGGESTIONS FOlt FUTURE WORK. 



The day and date for holding the institute must necessarily be 

 fixed early. Tlin e months before the time contemplated for holding 

 the institute; the State Director will send out a schedule of dates for 

 the series of institutes to be held in a certain section of the State. 

 If the local committee will decide promptly whether the date is satis- 

 factory and at once notify the State Director a complete schedule can 

 be arranged early. The local committee should not, except for very 

 good reasons, insist on any exact day or date for its institute. All 

 institutes cannot be held on Saturday, and it is fortunate that they 

 cannot, for it is the worst day of the week for holding an institute. 

 Likewise all institutes cannot be held at the exact time that would 

 best suit every locality. In this State the only suitable periods for 

 holding, institutes are from July 20th to September 1st and from 

 December 10th to 20th. But for the usual bad weather January 

 would also be a satisfactory time. This means that all the institutes 

 must be held in less than two months. To do this it is necessary that 

 several institute parties of speakers be out at one time and that the 

 institutes be held in circuits so as to save time and money in traveling. 



If the committee replies promptly slight changes are always possi- 

 ble, but after the schedule is once fixed it cannot be changed, and 

 therefore the local committee should be vigilant and exert every effort 

 to prevent the selection of the institute date for other meetings. The 

 local committee can do this, but the State Director cannot. 



Many JSTorth Carolina newspaper editors render great aid to the 

 institute work by their liberality in giving space to its advertisement. 

 Others would do as well if the local committees did their duty. As 

 soon as the date is determined upon give it to the local paper. Write 

 out a little ''news item" stating when the institute will be held and 

 asking all farmers to keep that date open for attending this meeting. 

 Every week from the time the date is announced until the institute 

 is held something relating to it should appear in the local paper. 

 The editor is usually a busy man, but if the chairman of the local 

 committee will write out something and hand it in ready for publica- 

 tion, in nearly every case it will appear in next week's paper. 



The local committee in suggesting or making out a program should 

 remember that it ought not to be too long. One or two subjects well 

 covered will result in more good than an attempt to cover the whole 

 field of agriculture. The Department will hereafter probably not 

 send more than two speakers to each institute. They will be special- 

 ists and able to cover thoroughly their particular work, but they can- 

 not, in one day, cover the entire agricultural field. 



Since only one day in the year is to be devoted to the study of our 

 business in this way, all should be able to give the whole day to it. 

 Let every one who wishes to attend devote the whole day to the insti- 



