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Industrial Institute and is paid for out of the funds of this institu- 

 tion. The chief work in this direction, however, is at an annual con- 

 vention or round-up meeting;, held at the institution and continuing 

 for two weeks, at which a number of teachers are brought from out- 

 side of the State to give instruction. 



The failure of the State to make appropriation for institute pur- 

 poses in Alabama has greatly retarded the development of the work, 

 and it can not be greatly increased or improved until the legislature 

 recognizes its obligation to assist this form of instruction as conducted 

 both by the Agricultural College at Auburn and the Industrial Insti- 

 tute at Tuskegee. 



ALASKA. 



Institute director. — C. C. Georgeson, special agent in charge of agricultural experi- 

 ment stations, Sitka. 



Agriculture in Alaska can scarcely be said to have reached the 

 institute stage. The districts adapted to farming are widely sepa- 

 rated and sparsely settled, making it difficult to do more than confer 

 with and give advice to indi^^duals. This is done by the special 

 agent in charge of the agricultural experiment station at Sitka as he 

 visits the various sections in the interest of his experiment and 

 demonstration work. 



ARIZONA. 



Institute director. — R. H. Forbes, director of agricultural experiment station, 

 Tucson. 



Institute work in Arizona the past year consisted in a series of lec- 

 tures delivered in an academy at Thatcher, supplemented by side 

 trips to neighboring towns and settlements in the evenings. Twenty- 

 one sessions were held, in this way reaching about 1,300 persons. The 

 institutes are under the control of the regents of the university, who 

 have placecf the director of the agricultural experiment station at 

 Tucson in direct charge of the work. The lecturing is almost wholly 

 by members of the experiment station staff, aided by local speakers 

 residing in the vicinity of each meeting, 



A number of visits were made during the year to the public schools 

 and lectures delivered before the children and teachers upon nature- 

 study subjects. The leading topic of interest for the Arizona ranch- 

 men is water. The moisture conditions determine the location of 

 every farm, and the securing of an adequate supply of water is conse- 

 quently of paramount importance in Arizona agriculture. The stor- 

 age of a sufficient supply and the economic use of water furnish the 

 principal subjects of discussion. 



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