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over the field again and again, as we have not time to do visiting in person to 

 any great extent. To locate the meetings intelligently is another purpose — 

 that is, meetings with reference to local conditions. Our purpose now is to 

 hold these meetings within reach of every farmer of the State as frequently as 

 possible. We hope to do that once in about three years, to get around again 

 and again, so that every farmer 'will have a meeting within easy reach if he is 

 disposed to attend. Another purpose is to provide some local funds with which 

 to supplement what the State can give for the work. 



" We have had a form of local organization almost from the first, but as the 

 work increased, as the number of meetings became greater, we saw the need of 

 some more uniform and effective form of organization than we had, and one 

 year ago the general management proposed a plan of organization county-wide 

 in its extent, one which shoidd. in the roster of officers, represent every town- 

 ship in each of the counties of the State. This general plan, of course, organizes 

 the people of the counties into institute organizations or associations having a 

 definite recognized relation to the general management and having certain 

 local duties to perform. 



" These are organized with a president, a secretary — perhaps a secretary- 

 treasurer — and a township vice-president or committeeman from each township 

 in the county. All of these rosters of officers are reported to the general office, 

 so that we have there on file the names of the ofiicials connected with these local 

 organizations and have a I'eady means of giving information relative to any 

 section of the State — its suitability for a farmers' institute, the nearness of a 

 hall, etc. 



" We are now also setting out to effect a like organization of the women of the 

 State under the term of 'home makers' associations' or 'women's auxiliaries,' 

 and I doubt not that we shall have a number of women's auxiliaries in addition 

 to those already existing within the coming year. In that case we should have 

 all the way from twenty to thirty or more persons officially related to the work 

 in their respective counties, depending on the number of counties. In my own 

 county we have some thirty-two persons connected with the institute and the 

 ' home makers' as.sociation.' In many counties where they have more townships 

 there will be more. That will vary from perhaps 12 to 15 up to 20 or 30. 



" I might say that early in the season a duplicate form of letter or mimeo- 

 graph sheet is sent out requesting the township cliairnun to call their sul>ordi- 

 nates together and give the superintendent advice as to where they would like 

 to hold meetings and as to the subjects that they would like to have presented 

 by the speakers at those meetings. Very early in the season, perhaps in Febru- 

 ary or March preceding the year when the VA'ork is d()n(>, the chairmen jire coun- 

 seled to confer, to get an expression of the people in the different townships, 

 and secure representation in the returns sent in. These are carefully arranged, 

 and the meetings are grouped with a view of effecting an economy as far as 

 possible, and witli a view also of assigning the workers who will treat the 

 desired subjects. 



" We are now seeking to multiply the number of meetings in the ratio of the 

 ,area of the counties. The smallest counties are to have two days of institute 

 work, the next larger county three days; then, the larger county four days, and 

 the largest counties five days of institute work, and these local oHicers will 

 make this selection after conference with each other, the jnirpose being U> 

 insure that all the localities shall have a fair chance for their portion of the 

 meetings. 



" When this work is done in the superintendent's office, a schedule is made 

 up and published, and a list, containing not only the assigned speakers but 

 others as well, is sent out. The rest of the work' is left largely to these local 



