340 REPORT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Institute director. — Franklin Dye, secretary State board of agriculture, Trenton. 



In New Jersey last year special stress was laid in the institute meet- 

 ings upon the necessity for the farmer being an educated man — an agri- 

 culturall}^ educated man. The fact was emphasized that the cliief 

 reason why the earth has not yielded her fullest harvests is due to the 

 stupidit}' or ignorance of those who have tilled the soil — that the soils 

 have possibilities not yet reached and can only be developed by bring- 

 ing to their treatment greater skill and more intelligent understanding 

 and application of the forces that affect life and growth. 



Eleven thousand six hundred and eleven persons were met and 

 instructed in the institutes of the State last 3^ear. One hundred and six- 

 teen sessions were held, not including the annual meeting of the board, 

 which consisted of seven sessions and was attended b}" about 1,200 

 persons. There were nine speakers upon the force of lecturers, four of 

 whom were from the agricultural college and the experiment station. 

 The college and station men contributed sixty-six days of their time in 

 lecturing before institute audiences. The total cost of the "institute 

 was about $3,000, which was paid out of the $8,000 appropriated to 

 the State board of agriculture. Arrangements for institutes are made 

 by the State director after conference with the county boards of 

 agriculture and the local granges. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Institute director. — J. D. Tinsley, superintendent of farmers' institutes. Agricul- 

 tural College. 



There were no farmers' institutes held in New ]\Iexico last j^ear, 

 owing to the failure of the Territorial legislature to grant an appro- 

 priation for their support. An eiTort will be made this coming winter 

 to secure funds that will enable the work to be resumed. In anticipa- 

 tion of this Prof. J. D. Tinsley has recently been appointed superin- 

 tendent of institutes, and he has already taken steps to organize local 

 institute societies in the several districts. In addition to the regular 

 mstitute work in which these societies will be expected to continue, 

 experiments will also be carried on in cooperation with tlie agricul- 

 tural experiment station. A ver}^ complete form of constitution and 

 by-laws for an institute organization has been prepared and is being 

 distributed for signature throughout the Territory. 



NEW YORK. 



Institute director. — F. E. Dawliy, director < if farmers' institutes, Fayetteville. 



New York held 1,0(32 sessions of farmers' institutes hi.^l year, 

 attended by 134,989 persons, or an average per session of 126. There 

 were also held 23 independent institutes with an estimated attendance 

 of 19j800. The annual appropriation for institute purposes is $20,000. 



