352 REPOKT OF OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



WISCONSIN. 



Inslitulu director. — George McKerrow, director farmers' institutes, Madison. 



No new work, strictly speaking, was undertaken in Wisconsin in 

 its institutes during the 3^ear. Attention was given to perfecting 

 that which had previously been inaugurated, such as dairying, the 

 breeding of dairy cows, the feeding of cows, sanitation in farm 

 stables, ventilation, milk testing, cooperative creameries, cheese- 

 making, horse breeding, feeding and developing horses for the 

 market, sheep husbandry, swine breeding and fattening, poultry 

 rearing, including egg production, farm gardening, small fruits, 

 orchards, and other horticultural crops, together with giA^ng infor- 

 mation in the growing of the various other farm crops that are 

 adapted to Wisconsin soil and climate. 



Two hundred and forty-three sessions of institutes were held, with 

 an attendance of 32,200. At least one institute was held in each 

 county of the State. The annual appropriation is $12,000, to which 

 there was added $972 for advertising space in the institute annual 

 last year. A round-up institute was held, continuing through 1 1 ses- 

 sions, with an attendance of 4,875. A railway special was run, but 

 inasmuch as this was not under institute direction, the results are 

 not reported. A feature of the Wisconsin institutes is the publica- 

 tion of the Institute Annual of 320 pages — a handbook of practical 

 agriculture. This is prepared anniiall}^ and 60,000 copies are pub- 

 lished and distributed. -It is intended in this wa}^ to preserve in 

 permanent form the most valuable papers, lectures, and discussions 

 that have been presented before the institutes during the year. The 

 institute work in Wisconsin is under the control of the board of 

 regents of the State University who appoint a director to take 

 immediate charge of the work. 



WYOMING. 



Institute director. — B. C. Buffum, director agricultural experiment station, Laramie. 



The director oi institutes for Wyoming held last year 11 meetings, 

 composed of 64 sessions, having an attendance of 3,401 persons. 

 The amount of time and labor which this involved can not be 

 appreciated except by those who are familiar with the conditions 

 that exist in Wyoming. The sparsely settled state of the country, 

 the lack of railroad fncilities, and the severity of the climate com- 

 bine to add to the difliculty of reaching all portions of the State 

 with institute instruction. The work was performed chiefly by the 

 members of the faculty of the agricultural college and by the experi- 

 ment station stall". The college contributetl three men for ten days, 

 and the station five men for one himdred and fifteen days. Con- 

 sidering the didiculties nnd the small appropriation, $1,000 per 

 year, the amount of work done is surprising. 



