No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 269 



place to the other, and any one that cannot stand the transportation, 

 we will try to send him to the hospital for a few days. I didn't 

 know how it would be with Brother Lighty last winter but he got 

 through all right, for I see he is able to be here. On one occasion 

 we had nineteen miles to drive through snow-drifts, and in some 

 places had to shovel out the horses and in another place had to 

 drive eighteen miles through snow-drifts to attend the institute, and 

 the next place was eighteen miles further. That is the way our in- 

 stitutes are located. We have full houses, and the people are in- 

 terested in them. There are, as Brother Howard says, some old 

 fogy farmers that we can't change. We must get to the young 

 people; get them interested; that is where we will receive our benefit. 

 I would like to be favored with speakers of a diversified class of 

 farming, and not strictly one kind. We change our programs. 

 When I make up a program, I go to the place where I am about to 

 hold an institute and appoint my local committeemen and send their 

 names in to Director Martin and set a time to go to that place for 

 holding the institute and help make up the program, with the under- 

 standing that when the speakers come there, they can change these 

 programs. 



We always have an educational session. We are able to get the 

 county superintendent to attend one institute. We have had some 

 very good instructors there last winter. I have no complaint to 

 make of my people in regard to attending the institutes. We have 

 very good attendance and good attention. 



MB. NELSON, Clearfield County: Mr. Chairman, I havn't had the 

 trouble in Clearfield that some have spoken of. We had to get a 

 policeman last winter to keep them from tearing the hall down. I 

 think the Deputy Secretary will testify to that. The attendance at 

 the local institute in March of this year was very good, notwithstand- 

 ing the fact that it rained before the institute began, and continued 

 until after it was over, and the roads were almost impassable. There 

 has been so much interest shown on the part of the people in insti- 

 tute work that we re-organized our agricultural society during the 

 past winter and appointed twelve vice presidents and divided the 

 county into twelve districts, and we expect to hold twelve insti- 

 tutes; that will relieve me in carrying on the work. We do not 

 have to give any prizes there to get the people to come out. I think 

 we ought to send a missionary over into Cameron county, from 

 what friend Howard says about his experience there. 



A Member: You have no agricultural fair in your county? 



MB. NELSON: No, not now; there was so much horse-racing and 

 gambling that the people were against it. It is not necessary to 

 have the fair to get the hundred dollars appropriation. 



