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place. Any institute failing to bolil a supplementary meeting. i)ublishe(l as 

 aforesaid, shall be required to pay the expenses notwithstanding. 



37. All requests for assistance to hold agricultural, horticultural, live-stock, 

 or dairy meetings shall be made through the secretary of the district institute. 

 Applicants should state what subjects they wish the speaker to discuss. 



38. Every meeting of an institute, except the annual meeting, should be adver- 

 tised by issuing posters, not less than 14 by 20 inches, on which should be 

 printed an attractive programme of the meeting, giving date and place of meeting, 

 hour of opening, tlie name and address of the speakers, topics to be discussed by 

 each ; also the hour at wliidi each speaker will address the meeting, the time to 

 be occupied by each address, and such other information as the executive deems 

 necessary. A copy of said bill should be sent at least two weeks previous to the 

 date of meeting to each postmaster, each schoolmaster, each miller, each black- 

 smith, and to other places of public resort in the district, which are within a 

 radius of 10 miles of the place of meeting, with a recpiest to post in a conspicu- 

 ous i)lace. It sliall be the duty of the officers and directors to exercise diligence 

 to insure the proper posting of said bills. In addition thereto, a progranmie of 

 convenient size, containing similar information, should be distributed so as to 

 reach its destination at least ten days previous to the date of meeting. A copy 

 of said i)rogrannne should be sent to each member of the institute, to farmers, 

 journalists, pulilic men, and others in the district who reside within 10 miles of 

 the place of meeting. Such posters and programmes should announce that all 

 interested are welcome, whether members of the institute or not. Copies of said 

 I»rogrammes should be sent to the school-teachers in the district, with the 

 request that they be carefully distributed among the children. 



39. A copy of each poster and each progranmie shall be sent as soon as pub- 

 lished to the superintendent and to each speaker advertised. 



40. When institutes are notified of the dates assigned for their meetings, and 

 are furnished with the names of the speakers and a list of topics, the execu- 

 tive couunittee should proceed to complete arrangements according to these 

 rules. They should finally engage the hall, select local talent, etc. At least half 

 of the time of each meeting should be occupied by local talent. The hall or 

 other buildings to be u.sed for the holding of the institute meetings should be 

 lighted and heated, when such is necessary, at least half an hour before the time 

 advertised. When light and heat are not retpiired s;iid places should be opened 

 and prei)ared for holding the meeting at least one-half hour before the time 

 advertised. 



41. The time allowed speakers should be from five to thirty minutes, to vary 

 according to the subject and flie ability of the sjieaker. It is no breach of cour- 

 tesy to limit each speaker to the time allotted him in the programme. When the 

 programme has been carefully prepared on that basis no speaker should be 

 allowed to exceed the time, to the end)arrassment or detriment of the speakers 

 who are to follow him. If the sjieakers are hehl down to their time, the work 

 of the institute, as a rule, will be benefited. Sessions should not be too long. 



42. No one should be named on a programme who has not agreed to do the 

 specific thing he is advertised to do. 



43. At each meeting of the institute a committee should be appointed to 

 canvass the audience for members. 



Board of Directors. 



44. The board of directors, under these rules and regulations, shall have full 

 control of the affairs of the institute. They shall arrange time and places of 

 meeting when not otherwise arranged for and shall outline the work and 

 policy of the institute. 



