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(a) Dairnineii' s (tssoeiationi^. — The dairy iuch'h associations, of which \vt' have two, 

 are eoniposed of persons interested in this Hne (jf a^riruhnre from all sec'tions of the 

 country. They appoint their hoard of directors, who are prominent in their own 

 localities, and this l)oard of directors plans certain work for the year, such as the 

 holding of ilistrict meetiii^s for the benefit of producers of milk and makers and 

 proprietors of factories and creameries. They also hold an annual convention, to 

 which jiromineut dairymen are invited and specialists in various lines <jrive addresses. 

 You will ask, " What has this to do with farmers' institutes?" In making arrange- 

 ments for the (Ustrict meetings just mentioned the institute otiicers and representa- 

 tives of the dairymen's a,«sociations are asked to cooperate in planning for and holding 

 the meetings. The officers of the Fruit (Jrowers' Association cooperate with the 

 institute otiicers in holding special meetings in fruit districts. In those districts 

 where prominence is not given to any particular line of agriculture the institute 

 otiicers give special jirominence to the two or three lines which arc of most interest. 

 In this way we are able, through the cooperation of the institute otiicers and those 

 of the various associations, to plan our work so that all classes may receive benefit. 

 Tiiis is a feature of the work which has not been ))rought to the degree of efficiency 

 which we hope to see in the near future. 



(b) Aijrirnltural societies. — Tlien, again, we have agricultural societies established 

 in every cotnity of the Dominion, some counties holding from one to eight exhibi- 

 tions in the fall of the year. These societies are independent of the institutes so far 

 a,M organization is concerned, but in many of the more progressive comities the insti- 

 tutes utilize the societies and the societii's the institutes. This is true co()])eration — ■ 

 each doing what he can to further the interests of the other for the 1)enefit of all. 

 As an example: In one county we have four township agricultural societies. At the 

 annual meeting of the farmers' institute an effort is made to elect the secretary and 

 president of each agricultural society as a director of the institute. When tlie fall 

 fairs are held the institute usually arranges to take charge t)f some educationa. feature 

 in connection therewith, such as the holding of a live-stock judging com])etition, an 

 exhibition of grains, grasses, weeds, etc. Tlien, again, if the institute wishes to hold 

 a seed fair in the s]>ring of the year, or a judging class sometime during the winter, 

 at one of the points where an agricultural society is established, they are strength- 

 ened by the cooperation of the president and secretary of the local society. 



(c) The tvintcr fair. — One of the i)rominent features in educational and live-stock 

 lines is the winter fairs, held at ( Juelj)!! and Ottawa. At these fairs valuable prizes 

 are offered for nearly all classes of live stock, and advantage is taken of the large 

 exhibits of tirst-class types of the different breeds and classes to utilize them for illus- 

 trating lectures and addresses by men who are prominent in the raising, feeding, 

 curing, marketing, etc. , of these products. The meeting of institute lecturers at the 

 winter fair corresponds somewhat with the "round-up" which is held in many of 

 your States. 



The aim of the department is to so arrange the field educational work that the 

 institute officers will be composed of representatives from all societies which have 

 members in the district. Then each of these phases of agriculture will receive its 

 due proportion of attention at the regular meetings, and the members of the various 

 societies will have an opportunity of lending their assistance to the institute officers 

 to further the special meeting in which they are interested. 



We are of opinion that the educational work in each district should be undertaken 

 through the institutes, while the experimental work done in different sections of the 

 Province should be undertaken by the various societies. The institutes should keep 

 in close touch with this work (the work of the societies) and be prepared to distribute 

 information by lectures and literature where they will be of benefit. 



W. C. Latta, of Indiana. When the institute work began in Indiana it was at a 

 time when certain farmers and organizations had been springing up, and the question 

 now arose, "Is this some secret organization you are developing?" and I soon found 

 that the people were looking upon it with suspicious eyes and questioning about it; 

 and it was borne in upon me then, at the very outset, that this w^ork must be one of 

 cooperation. We have not made the progress that we ought to have made in our 

 State, but we have made some. Along one line we are attempting cooperation, 

 namely, with the schoolmen. Friends, I am no longer sanguine of doing very 

 much good in giving instructions to adult people. Our definite objective point is 

 the boy and girl in the schools, and so we want to interest the schoolmen in the 

 work and bring them together. At the last two annual conferences — the one held 

 last October and the one held this last month — we ]>rought the schoolmen there. 



