The Bulletin. 



REPORT OF FARMERS" INSTITUTE WORK, 1907. 



By TAIT BUTLER, Director. 



During the past year — October 1, 1906, to September 30, 1907 — 

 the State Department of Agriculture has held 169 institutes — 119 

 for men and 50 for women. The 119 institutes for men have been 

 held in 93 counties — all except Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Moore and 

 Wake. The 50 women's institutes have been held in 38 counties. 

 The following will show the growth of the institute work during 

 recent years : 



1898 — 28 institutes in 27 counties. 



1903 — 17 institutes in 16 counties. 



1904 — 58 institutes in 58 counties. 



1905 — 79 institutes in 76 counties. 

 1906 — 136 institutes in 91 counties. 

 1907 — 169 institutes in 93 counties. 



MEN S INSTITUTES. » 



The number of institutes held for men this year has only been 

 slightly larger than that held last year, and the same general policy 

 has been pursued in their management. Nothing but strictly agri- 

 cultural subjects have been discussed, and these chiefly with a view 

 to giving information of a practical and useful nature. The plan 

 of selecting lecturers from among our most successful farmers and 

 our best teachers of scientific agriculture has been continued, and 

 when practicable these have been assisted by prominent agriculturists 

 from other States. The aim has been to have at each institute at 

 least one of each of these two classes of lecturers. That the farmers 

 of the State approve of this sort of institutes is clearly shown by the 

 intense interest and desire for information exhibited and by the fact 

 that at nearly every institute held this year the attendance was con- 

 siderably larger than at those held at the same place in previous 

 years. 



Institutes for Men Held Between October 1, 1906, and September 30, 1907, 



