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Proceedings — Continued. 



Five-minute reports from States, Territories, and Provinces— Continued. Page. 



South Dakota. By M. F. Greeley, Gary 47 



Utah. By P. A. Yoder, Logan 47 



Vermont. By George Aitken, Woodstock 48 



Virginia. By A. M. Soule, Blacksburg 48 



West Virginia. By J. B. Garvin, Charleston 49 



Wisconsin. By George McKerrow, Madison 50 



Report by the Farmers' Institute Specialist of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. By John Hamilton 50 



Resolutions - 51 



Computing attendance - 51 



Standing committees 51 



Federal support for farmers' institutes 52 



Place and time of meeting 52 



INliscellaneous 52 



Extermination of gypsy and l^rown-tail moths 52 



Election of officers 53 



Consolidated rural schools 53 



Institute lecturers 59 



Cooperation with other eductional agencies — the common schools 63 



Movable schools of agriculture - 68 



Boys' and girls' institutes 71 



Cooperation with the National Department of Agriculture 75 



Women's institutes - "6 



Institute organization and methods 76 



Form of organization for farmers' institutes 78 



Index of names 95 



