332 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



KENTUCKY. 



Institute director. — Hubert Vreeland, commissioner of agriculture, Frankfort. 



Under a recent act of the legislature of Kentucky it is made the 

 duty of the commissioner of agriculture, labor, and statistics to see 

 that a "farmers' and an industrial institute" of at least two days' 

 duration is held each year in every county in the State. Each 

 county institute is entitled to send one or more delegates to attend a 

 State institute of at last "three days' duration." These delegates 

 are empowered to elect members of the State board of agriculture, 

 forestry, and immigration. An appropriation of $15,000 per year 

 was made for farmers' institute work. The new law does not go 

 into effect, however, until 1907. 



During the year ended June 30, 1906, 25 institutes were held; 24 

 were of two days' duration, making a total of 122 sessions. The 

 average cost of these institutes was about $70. 



The director is arranging for a large increase in the number of 

 institutes to be held next year. With this in view he has divided 

 the State into four institute districts and intends to keep four corps 

 of men in the field during the institute season. With the increased 

 appropriation and the better organization of the work the institutes 

 can be carried into every county of the State and be thoroughly 

 equipped with experienced teachers. The general round-up meeting 

 of agricultural people held under the auspices of the State board of 

 agriculture convened at Frankfort in February. This was the first 

 State institute ever held in Kentucky, and was well attended by 

 representative farmers from all over the State and continued in 

 session for three days. 



The institutes have now been organized in many of the counties of 

 the State and all that will be necessar}^ in the future will be to see that 

 the State lecture force is thoroughly equipped for its work and that 

 the institute meetings are well advertised in the several communities. 



LOUISIANA. 



Institute director. — Charles Schuler, commissioner State board of agriculture and 

 immigration, Baton Rouge. 



The institute work was greatly interfered with last year in Louisiana 

 by the outbreak of yellow fever in July and the consequent quarantin- 

 ing of various sections of the State. Onlj'^ 13 institutes were held, 

 consisting of two sessions each. The total attendance was 2,657. 



The amount appropriated for institute purposes was $2,000, which 

 was used chiefly for defraying the traveling expenses of the State 

 lecturers, who for the most part are from the faculty of the agricul- 

 tural college and experiment station staff. Twent3'-two local speakers 

 addressed institute meetings, in addition to the college and station 



