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Rules Governing Delegates. 



1. Each speaker is expeoted to be thorouj^lily acciu.-iiiiti'd with the act and the 

 ruU's goveriiiiifj farmers' institutes. 



2. Each delegate is requested to study carefully the conditions and needs of 

 the district to which he is sent as a speaker, and to prepare his addresses or 

 papers accordingly. 



3. The person whose name is placed tirst on the list in each division is cliair- 

 nian of that delegation, and is expected wisely to direct and control the work 

 of that delegation, also the institute meetings to which he is sent. 



4. Each delegate is requested to do all in his power to cause full and free dis- 

 cussion after each paper or address has been delivered, and to procure and for- 

 ward to the superintendent the name and address of each successful local 

 speaker or essayist, and to obtain all the information possible concerning such 

 persons; also to inform the superintendent concerning the peculiar needs of the 

 district visited as far as the institute work is concerned ; also to forward a short 

 report of each meeting. Was each gathering successful? If not, why not? 

 After the meetings are thus reported the superintendent will be pleased to 

 receive from each delegation or speaker suggestions or advice regarding insti- 

 tute work in general or with regard to any particular section. How can the 

 efficiency of this important department of agricultural education be increased 

 and made more valuable to the country? Each delegate or delegation i& 

 expected to give the superintendent and the officers of institutes generally the 

 full benefit of this experience. 



5. The dates of the institute meetings delegates are to attend will be pub- 

 lished. Each delegate is expected to arrive at each place for which he is adver- 

 tised at the hour named or a little before, and to continue in attendance during 

 said meeting and enthusiastically and promptly to do his duty irrespective of 

 what others may do. Should sickness or other serious cause intervene, the 

 chairman of the deputation of the delegation shall telegraph the superintendent, 

 in order that the vacancy may he promptly filled. 



6. Long speeches or those calculated to advertise the property of the speaker 

 are contrary to the rules governing institutes. Party politics in any form must 

 be avoided by each speaker. The chairman of each delegation and the officers 

 of each institute are expected to see that nothing of this kind occurs. Institute 

 speakers are expected to teach practical agriculture, nothing else. 



7. A check for a suitable sum to pay actual expenses of the deputation will 

 he forwarded by the superintendent to the chairman of each deputation before 

 the opening of the first meeting. 



8. Each delegate shall pay his expenses to the opening meeting. The chair- 

 man of each respective deputation will refund said sum and will thereafter pay 

 all expenses of the deputation. If a delegate does not know the way to reach 

 the tirst place of meeting most quickly, the necessary information may be 

 obtained by writing to the superintendent or, better still, by calling on the 

 nearest railroad ticket agent, who will give the necessary information. 



9. As soon as a delegate conqiletes the work assigned to him he shall forward 

 to the superintendent a bill for his time. Each delegate is also required to for- 

 ward to the superintendent a coiiy of at least one of his addresses (the one 

 which has proved most acceptable to the hearers preferred or the one chosen by 

 the superintendent), and if possible a synopsis of the del)ate thereon and ques- 

 tions and replies thereto, which nia.v I>e published in the annual report of the 

 farmers' institutes or elsewhere, as decided by the superintendent. Some 

 speakers withhold their best addresses, not wishing them published, fearing that 



