FARMERS' INSTITUTE WORK 



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WOMEN'S SECTIONS. 



A women's section was held in connection with 56 Institutes the past 

 season; at seven others the State furnished a lady speaker for the regular 

 sessions. At most Institutes where women's sections were held the lady 

 speaker s^nt by the State to conduct the women's section also appeared 

 on the general program. While in a few instances there have been 

 objections to the separate sessions for women, the general sentiment^ 

 especially among the women themselves, is heartily in favor of a contin- 

 uance of the women's sections. The following shows the places where 

 women's sections were held, and the attendance : 



Women's Sections at Farmers^ Institutes, Winter of 1896-97. 



County. 



Alcona 



Allegan ., 



Alpena 



Antrim - 



Arenac - 



Barry 



Bay 



Benzie 



Berrien 



Branch.. 



Calhoun 



Cass 



Charlevoix 



Cheboygan 



Chippewa 



Clinton 



Crawford 



Dickinson 



Eaton 



Emmet 



Genesee 



Gladwin 



Grand Traverse.. 



Gratiot 



HiUsdale 



Huron 



Ingham 



Ionia 



Iosco 



Iron 



Isabella 



Jackson 



Kalkaska 



Kent 



Place. 



Harrisville . 



Allegan 



Alpena 



Mancelona. 

 Standish i.. 



Hastings.. 



Auburn 



Benzonia.. 



Niles 



Coldwater 



Albion 



Cassopolis... 



East Jordan 



Cheboygan 



Sault Ste. Marie., 



St. Johns 



Grayling 



Norway i... 



('harlotte 



Harbor Springs.. 



Flushing 



Gladwin 



Traverse City . 



St Louis 



Hillsdale 



Bad Axe 



Stockbridge . 



Ionia 



Tawas City . 

 Iron River '. 



Mt. Pleasant.. 



Brooklyn 



Kalkaska 



Grand Rapids. 



Attend- 

 ance. 



47 

 106 

 116 



35 



67 



48 



80 



350 



250 

 250 



32 

 6 



52 



56 



122 

 45 



225 



60 



55 



1,125 



78 



160 

 350 

 450 



58 



99 

 220 



40 

 150 



County. 



Lake 



Lapeer 



Lenawee 



Livingston .. 

 Macomb 



Manistee 



Marquette .. 



Mason 



Mecosta 



Menominee . 



Midland 



Missaukee... 



Monroe 



Montcalm... 

 Muskegon... 



Newaygo 



Oakland — 



Oc«ana 



Ogemaw 



Osceola 



Oscoda 



Otsego 



Ottawa 



Roscommon 

 Saginaw 



Sanilac 



Shiawassee 



St. Clair 



St. Joseph... 

 Tuscola 



Washtenaw 



Wayne. 



Wexford ... 



Place. 



Chase ... 

 Lapeer.. 

 Adrian .. 

 Howell 1. 

 Armada . 



Copemish 



Marquette i .. 



Scottville 



Morley 



Stephenson i . 



Midland 



Lake City... 



Monroe 



Carson City. 

 Muskegon... 



Fremont .. 

 Milford... 

 Shelby .... 

 Rose City . 

 Hersey 



Mio 



Gaylord 



Holland 



Roscommon . 

 Chesaning .. 



Croswell 



Laingsburg.. 



Emmet' 



Three Rivers . 

 Vassar 



Chelsea ._. 

 Plymouth. 

 Sherman.. 



Attend- 

 ance. 



Note.— Total attendance, 8,326; average per session, 141. 



1 To these places the State sent a lady speaker, but no separate women's section was held. 



2 Four sessions. 



83 

 211 

 225 



200 

 66 



48 

 36 



80 

 32 

 72 

 116 

 96 



92 

 150 



68 

 46 



72 



33 



52 



125 



250 

 175 



400 

 122 



350 



3.50 



44 



