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been pertVrteil fur stereopticon views of the college and covering si-ientilic snbjects, 

 experimental work, and other things of interest to the farmer and the public at large. 

 This new feature of the institute work is attracting considerable attention, and the 

 car, which has been in the field a little over a week, is being inspected by thousands 

 of people. 



SOrXH DAKOTA. 

 By M. F. (Jkeklev, Gary. 



Up to this year there has been no regular appropriation for this kind of work and 

 con.^equentlv there have been no institutes other than a few local ones carried on by 

 the people of the neighborhood. Some of tiiese, however, have been very interest- 

 ing and of much value to the localities in which they were held. At the last session 

 of^the South Dakota legislature an api)ropriation of s.i, 000 a year for the next two 

 years was made. An institute board of three members was also create<l, consisting 

 <)f the regent's committee of two in charge of the agricultural college, and the presi- 

 dent of that in.«titution, whose duty it shall be to have full charge of this work in 

 the State, selecting a superintendent, auditing accounts, etc. This board made M. F. 

 (ireeley, of Gary, superintendent of institutes, and empowered him to hire such 

 assistants as he deems necessary to effectually ])rosecute the work 



It has been decided to hold an institute iii every county in tlie State during the 

 present year, the same to be held at the most accessible ])oint in the county, pre- 

 sumablv the countv seat in most cases. During the niontli of July institutes were 

 held in'the six counties of the Black Hills. The attendance at the.^e meetings aver- 

 aged 173 to the session and 519 to the institute. It should Ije remembered that homes 

 out here are scattered. Many farmers drive from 20 to 40 miles each way, and when 

 weather is stormv and roads i)ad it almost does away with the meeting. 



In addition to these meetings we have up to December 8 held 13 meetings east of 

 the Missouri River. Most of these have lieen single-day meetings with evi-ning ses- 

 sion, and have been well attended. The force consists of four speaki-rs, including 

 the conductor. While the experimental work of the agricultural college will be 

 ably represented by one or two of the workers there, it is inten<led to confine the 

 speaking largely to"strictly practical men, who come directly from their well handled 

 stock and farms to the platform. 



It is proposed to have the home well represented, and the meetings are made 

 interesting to women and young people as well as to men. Particularly are the 

 evi ning sessions and the latter ]>art of the afternoon sessions arranged with this 

 object in view. At the sununer meetings demonstrations in cooking were given 

 in the morning in a separate hall, but in the winter meeting this work is restricted 

 to talks on plain foods, right living, and home making by Mrs. Bertha Dahl Laws. 

 It is proposed to carrv out this plan throughout the entire year's work, so as to 

 insure at the start the" equal representation of the work <jf the home with the work 

 of the farm. 



UTAH. 

 By P. A. YoDER, Lof/a)i. 



Our State legislature has made appropriations of $1,500 annually for the farmers' 

 institutes. From this appropriation are paid the traveling expenses of the speakers 

 and the incidental expenses in holding the meetings, in advertising the same, in 

 securing office and stenographic help, and in the ]iublishing of a Farmers' Institute 

 Annual. The lecturers work without pay from this fund. 



The management of the farmers' institutes is vested in the faculty of the agricul- 

 tural college. A committee of this faculty is appointed by the president, of which 

 the director of the experiment station has thus far always been chairman. This 

 committee has the immediate charge of the work and corresponds with the officials 

 of local organizations, or where no local organizations exist, then with prominent 

 citizens, to arrange for the calling of meetings. The law requires that at least one 

 institute be hd4d in each county each year. The fact that the settlements in some 

 counties are so far from the railroads, and that the railroad and stage fares are high, 

 makes it both time-cOnsuming and expensive to reach all counties each year. Most 

 of the institutes are held during tours, in each of which a number of places are 

 reached. The most opportune time for these tours is during the week between 

 Christmas and New Year's, when our aljsence from college least interferes with that 

 work. We, however, do not limit ourselves to any particular time in the year for 

 these tours. We are often enabled to lessen expenses considerably by combining 



