350 KEPUUT l)F OFFICE OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Institnto director. — Frjiuklin I>.vt'. sccrclnry stjite Imunl of iigriculture, 

 Trenton. . 



Ai)proxiiniitoly $3,000 was expended for institute work last season. 

 This enabled the holdinof of 128 sessions of reguhir institutes, at 

 whicli 10.425 attended, and 7 sessions of round-up institutes, at which 

 the attendance was 2.200. A railroad instruction train was run three 

 days. stoppin<r at 19 places, with 1.500 in attendance. Five members 

 of the faculty of the colleo:e of agriculture and 2 of the staff of the 

 experiment station lectured before some of the meetings. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Institute director. — J. I). Tinsley, professor of pbj-sics, college of agricul- 

 tnri'. Agricultural College. 



The Territorj^ made no appropriation for farmers' institute work, 

 but the college of agriculture, tlirough its superintendent of insti- 

 tutes and with the help of two members of the experiment-station 

 staff, held 50 sessions with an attendance of l.GDG, at a cost of $1,700, 

 including salaries and expenses. 



NEW YORK. 



Institute director. — R. A. Pearsou, commissioner of agriculture, Albany. 



The institutes the past year covered all but 5 counties, which were 

 either in the Adirondack Mountains or occupied by New York City 

 and its environs. The college of agriculture and experiment station 

 provided about 15 lecturers, one man being out all the time and giv- 

 ing two lectures each day. There were some 45 state lecturers in 

 addition and about 150 local speakers were used. At most institutes 

 the subject of rural schools was discussed. 



The State appropriated $25,000 for farmers' institute work during 

 the year just closed, but the actual cost of the institutes Avas about 

 $28,000, not including the salary and expenses of the director. Dur- 

 ing the year 1,054 sessions of regular institutes were held, with an at- 

 tendance of 155,602. besides 11 cooperative institutes which were 

 held under the auspices of gi'anges, poultry shows, agricultural 

 schools, and the like, and at which the attendance was 16,517. One 

 normal institute was held at which the lecturers were given the 

 results of the latest information gathered bj'^ the college and experi- 

 ment station. 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Institute director. — T. B. Parker, director of farmers' institutes, department 

 of agriculture, Raleigh. 



During the year 514 sesssions of regular institutes were held with 

 46,500 in attendance, and 18 sessions of round-up institutes with an 



