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of the institute season, and county chairmen are expected to attend 

 the conference, or at least to send a delegate. 



There were held last year 1,162 sessions of farmers' institutes, and 

 the total attendance was 215,211. The approximate cost was $20,000, 

 of which $10,000 was direct state appropriation, and the remainder 

 made up from private donations and membership dues from the 

 county organizations, amounting to $G.800. and that received from the 

 county treasurer, amounting to $3,200. Each county contributes $100 

 for institutes, provided an equal amount is raised from membership 

 dues. The college of agriculture provided six and the experiment sta- 

 tion five lecturers for the institutes. 



IOWA. 



Institute director. — J. C. Simpson, secretary state board of agricultnre, Des 

 Moines. 



The extension department of the college of agriculture cooperates 

 with the state board of agriculture and furnishes lecturers. 



Four hundred and fifteen sessions of institutes were held during 

 the year, with 103.750 as the total attendance. The total cost of these 

 meetings was $10,050.58. The State appropriated $6,030.51, and the 

 donations and membership fees amounted to $4,020.07 more. 



KANSAS. 



Institute director. — J. H. Miller, superintendent of farmers' institutes and 

 agricultural extension, college of agriculture. Mauliattan. 



The farmers' institutes are entirely in the hands of a department of 

 the college of agriculture, the superintendent of which arranges the 

 programmes and fixes all dates and places of meetings. While the 

 Experiment Station furnished 16 lecturers last year, more than 1,000 

 local speakers were also used. There were 576 sessions of regular 

 institutes held with an attendance of 37,191, besides 30 summer meet- 

 ings and a wheat train which ran six days, making 72 stops, with an 

 additional 6.768 in attendance. The total cost of the institutes was 

 $8,200, the State making a special appropriation of $6,000. 



County institute organizations are now found in 103 of the 105 

 counties in the State. In the eastern portion of the State the 

 subject of roads was discussed at all meetings, and in the western 

 portion of the State forestry and tree planting were substituted. The 

 department now has charge also of the demonstration work on county 

 and private farms, including road making, and of the demonstration 

 classes in stock and corn judging, cooking, spraying, and dairying. 



KENTUCKY. 



Institute director. — M. C. Rankin, commissioner of agriculture, Frankfort 



Ten thousand six liundred and seven dollars and forty-four cents 

 was expended on institute work last season. This made it possible to 



