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Undor this act institutes have been held each year and seven farraor«' institute 

 annual repi/rts have been prepared and published. During the first two years after 

 the passage of this act it was attempted to interest the farmers by sending out parties 

 of four to six members of the college and station staff, who traveled by mil and by team 

 over the larger portion of the State, holding farmers' institutes in the towns and villages 

 on the way. 



After 1898 the work was conducted mainly by sending out speakers to localities that 

 made requests for assistance. This was found to be a very expensive method of doing 

 the work, and after the year 1900 farmers' institute tours were arranged. Two or more 

 speakers from the college would spend one or two weeks doing institute work, holding 

 a meeting every day in different places. This method was also found rather unsatisfac- 

 tory, partly because of the great expense and partly also because the college in most cases 

 had to plan the trips, advertise the meetings, and frequently the people felt that the 

 officers of the State institute were forcing their meetings upon the farmers. 



About two years ago the plan was adopted of holding, as far as possible, only county 

 institutes and of sending speakers from the college to such institutes only when formal 

 requests for such help was made by the proper county organizations. This plan is 

 working very well, is satisfactory in every respect, and, besides, is economical. Two 

 to four speakers are sent out to take part in the institutes in two cr more counties. The 

 times of holding the farmers' institutes are so arranged that one county institute follows 

 another, in order to allow the speakers to make the very best tise of their time. The 

 county institutes extend over at least two days, each day consisting of three sessions for 

 the men and three for the women. The counties do all the work of advertising and 

 other preparation. 



The following circular announcement has been issued })y the college, showing the 

 method to be pursued in securing an institute: 



In compliance with the law, the faculty of the college has been authorized to hold 

 farmers' institutes in the various counties of this State, and, as far as possible, to make 

 the subjects discust at each institute meet the special needs cf the locality where it 

 is held. 



All expenses of the meeting will be met by the college, and authority will be given 

 for the printing of notices and programs to those making application for institutes. For 

 the present it is recommended that institutes be held during one day and evening, 

 devoting the day session to papers and discussions upon special farm topics, and the 

 evening to lectures and addresses on subjects of more general interest to the commun- 

 ity at large. Local speakers and writers are expected to assist in the exercises of the 

 institute by discussing subjects in which they are most interested or in which they have 

 had successful experience. If an institute is desired in any community, those inter- 

 ested are requested to select the topics that are believed to be of the most interest to 

 the locality, determine upon a date for the meeting, and arrange for such local speakers 

 as may l)e desired. Usually not more than two professors from the college can attend 

 an institute at one time. 



The interest in the farmers' institute work is rapidly growing in this State. Numer- 

 ous local institutes and societies have been organized. Many county institutes are 

 also in existence, and it is now, as it always has been, quite impossible for the college to 

 meet all the requests made upon it by the above-mentioned appropriations. At least 

 one-third of the appropriation is spent annually in publishing the Annual. The 

 remaining $1,000 does not allow much traveling in a State as large as is Utah. 



VERMONT. 



By an act of the general asseml)ly of the State of Vermont approved November 22, 

 1870, the governor of the State, the president of the State agricultural college, and six 

 persons to be appointed by the governor and confirmed by the senate were constituted 

 the "Vermont Board of Agriculture, Manufactures and Mining," to hold office until 

 the 1st day of November, 1872, their successors to be appointed biennially. 



The first meeting of the board was sul^ject to the call of the governor, at which meet- 

 ing the organization of the l)oard was perfected, and consisted of His Excellency John 



