R OF TRAXSMITTAI.. 



U. 8. Department of Aoricultuke, 



Office of Experi^ient Stations, 

 W((s/uNr/fo,), D. r., Octoherm, 1005. 



Sir: The follo\vin<^- bulletin on Agricultural Instruction for Adults 

 in Continentul Countries, by John Ibiiuilton, farmers' intstitutc 

 specialist of this OtHco, has been prepared with a view to directinjr 

 the attention of farmers' institute workers to the methods that have 

 been adopted and found useful l)y continental governments in atford- 

 ing educational facilities to their adult agricultural population. 



The bulletin is in etfect a supplement to one (No. 155) recentl}^ 

 issued by this OfHce on Agricultural Instruction for Adults in the 

 British P^mpire, and is in compliance with a requirement of the act of 

 Congress making provision for the appointment of a farmers' insti- 

 tute specialist in the Department, and detining his duties to l)e "to 

 investigate and report uppn the organization and progress of farmers' 

 institutes in the several States and Territories, and upon similar 

 organizations in foreign countries." 



The manuscript is recommended for publication as Bulletin No. 163 



of this Office. 



Respectfully, 



A. C. True, 



Director. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Sec7'etary of Agriculture. 



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