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intelligent and enterprising agriculturists. The special agent who has 

 been in charge of the institutes has found it most effective in the 

 present state of agriculture in the island to visit periodically the 

 different plantations and give demonstrations in the use of fertilizers, 

 the mixing of sprays, sprajnng orchards, and in the laying out of 

 farms, etc. 



RHODE ISLAND. 



Institute director. — John H. Dunn, secretary State board of agriculture, Providence. 



One institute was held in Rhode Island this 3^ear under the auspices 

 of the Rhode Island Conference of Rural Progress, to which the State 

 board of agriculture appropriated $100 for aiding in dofrapng the 

 expense of the meeting. There is no special appropriation for insti- 

 tute purposes in Rhode Island. Whatever is devoted to this purpose 

 is taken from the general funds appropriated to the board of agricul- 

 ture. The attendance at the joint institute referred to was about 300. 



The law directs that the board of agriculture shall hold at least one 

 agricultural institute in each countjT" each year, and may hold as many 

 more as it deems expedient. The secretary of the State board of 

 agriculture is charged with the duty of arranging for the holding of 

 institutes and the cost is to be met out of the $15,000 annually appro- 

 priated for the expenses of the board. 



SOUTH CAROLINA. 



Institute director. — J. N. Harper, director agricultural experiment station, Clemson 

 College. 



Authorit}^ to hold farmers' institutes in South Carolina is given by 

 act of assemblv to the board of trustees of the Clemson Agricultural 

 College. The general management of the work is placed b}' the board 

 in the hands of the director of the agricultural experiment station. 

 Last year 74 sessions of institutes were held witli an attendance of 

 11,149, and at a cost of $2,325.83. This does not include the salary 

 of the institute director. The appropriation for 1907 is $5,000. The 

 faculty of the agricidtural college and the members of the experiment 

 station staff contributed fifty-four days of time to the work. A round- 

 up institute attended by about 1,000 persons and continuing for eight 

 sessions was held. The Southern Railwav aided the colle£:e in its 

 institutes by giving the use of two cars for the transportation of 

 illustrative material, and hauled these cars from place to })lace free of 

 cost to the college. The institutes were all of one-day duration, and 

 usually consisted of two sessions. The director selects the dates at 

 which the institutes are to be held, .iiid the place is designated by the 

 institute board of trustees of the college u])on im itations signed by at 

 least 15 persons in the localit}^ desiring an institute. 



