Issued December 14, 190C. 



U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS— BULLETIN 174. 



A. C. TRUE, Director. 



HISTORY 



FARMERS' INSTITUTES 



IN THK 



UNITED STATES. 



COMPILED BY 



JOHN HAMILTON, 



FARMERS' INSTITUTE SPECIALIST. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



1906. 



