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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ONE-DAY FARMERS 7 INSTITUTES, 1897-8. 



COUNTY ONE-DAY INSTITUTES. 



There were held four One-day Institutes in as many counties not having: 

 any Institute Society regularly organized under the State law. The pur- 

 pose was to get a foothold in such counties, hoping that the interest thus 

 aroused may in time lead to the organization of a society and the conse- 

 quent permanence of Institute work in the county. In each case one 

 State speaker was assigned. 



ONE-DAY SUMMER INSTITUTES. 



We tried, during the summer of 1897, the plan of holding a few One-day 

 Summer Institutes. The following were held: 



WINTER ONE-DAY INSTITUTES. 



As mentioned in the introduction to this report, an increase of appro- 

 priation of $1,000 was asked of the legislature of 1897, with the idea of 

 thus being enabled to hold 100 One-day Institutes. Only $500 was granted 

 by the legislature, but the Board finally decided to endeavor to hold as 

 many One-day Institutes as possible, hoping, by strictest economy, that 

 the appropriation would be sufficient. It was finally decided to hold ap- 

 proximately 75 On 2-day Institutes each of the two years, assigning them 

 to the different counties on the basis of the number of farms in the 

 county, but allowing no county more than five. In the division, 79 of these 

 One-day meetings were assigned for the season of 1897-8. In a few cases 

 counties did not hold their full assignment. The following table shows 

 the assignments for the past season, and also the number actually held: 



