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four talks, many of tlieiu discussing matters relating to butter making, poultry 

 raising, and other outdoor matters, as well as education and the household. 

 In some cases, ijerhaps ."»() i)er cent of the meetings, we had domestic science 

 upon the progranuue. These talks, however, were given in connection with the 

 women's section, and these with us are no new venture. Tliey have been held 

 tor some eight years and they have been a very valual)le i»art of our institute 

 work. 



The rouud-up institute and the college hatl a joint meeting with the State 

 dairymen, the horticultural society, the bee keepers' association, and we received 

 the heartiest assistance of various other organizations, iuchuliiig the State 

 grange, the State farmers' clubs, and the different stock l)reeders' associatious, 

 giving up one or more sessions to each, aud besides that most of them held 

 separate sessions. We gave up the evenings to matters relating to legislation 

 aud education, with various other topics in the afternoon along those lines. 

 During the first two hours of the forenoon we had sectional lectures in various 

 dei)artments of the colleges. On some morning when the dairymen were there 

 we had the dairy work explained by the instructor in charge. The same was 

 true in horticulture and stock feeding, or, perhaps I should say, stock judging 

 and corn judging, and in the women's department. The liltraries were all open 

 and in certain hours of the day the work of the college was explained and the 

 laboratory work of the students was investigated. 



1 will say that we issue !»,0C»0 copies of the institute reports, and for the first 

 time have mailed them direct to the members. Before that they were sent " 

 to the county secretaries to be given out at the meetings. But we are able to 

 put them in the hands of the farmers several months earlier and have been 

 well repaid by the benefit secured. I'rintiug and postage are paid for by the , 

 State. 



MINNESOTA. 



By O. C. Gregg, Lynd. 



We have held during the pf'St year 154 institutes, made up of 120 one-day 

 institutes and 25 two-day institutes, the total number of sessions being .378. 



Our total attendance, figured according to the association method, has been 

 40,210. 



The two-day institutes were held in the larger towns of the State, and had an 

 average attendance of 510. 



The single-day institutes were held in the smaller towns, with an average 

 attendance of 259. 



Our appropriation for the year was $18,000. This paid all the expenses of 

 the institutes, including salaries and the publishing of our institute annual. 



We have employed 13 speakers in all. 



We have conunenced the organization of a women's department of our institute 

 work, 19 local institutes being organized during the year. These different 

 institutes hold monthly meetings, and reports show that the membership and 

 interest have increased steadily. Each month we have selected a bulletin from 

 the list furnished by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and a copy of it has 

 been forwarded from Washington to each individual member. These bulletins 

 have been studied at home and then discussed at the meeting. Plans for the 

 distribution of other literature are now being considered. 



A circuit of 11 institutes was held, in which particular attention was paid to 

 the potato industry. These meetings were held in the potato district north of 

 St. Paul aud Minneapolis. 



