THE farmers' institutes IN THE UNITED STATES. 355 



tion of $5,000 was expended for institute work. There were 238 ses- 

 sions of regular institutes held, with an attendance of 15,465, Three 

 sessions of round-up institutes had an attendance of 116, and the 6 

 railroad specials made 103 stops, with a total of 28,990 in attendance. 

 The grange is cooperated with and 4 sessions were addressed by the 

 institute speakers, at which the attendance was 591. The college of 

 agriculture and the experiment station contributed 11 lecturers, and 

 there were 23 state lecturers and numerous local speakers to help 

 in the work. 



WEST VIRGINIA. 



Institute director. — J. B. Garvin, secretary board of agriculture, Charleston. 



With an expenditure of $9,249.29 the board of agriculture held 356 

 sessions of regular institutes during the year, at which the attendance 

 was 19,424, and 28 independent institutes, the attendance of which was 

 not recorded, A special field man was employed by the year whose 

 duty it was to go among the farmers and hold special meetings wher- 

 ever and whenever he could get a few of them together. This must 

 have resulted in a vast amount of good for the agricultural interests 

 of the State, and it is along a line of work which has been in success- 

 ful operation in many foreign countries for a number of years, and 

 which can profitably be developed in this country. 



WISCONSIN. 



Institute director. — G. B. McKerrow, superintendent of farmers' institutes, 

 Madison. 



Bovine tuberculosis was discussed at all the general institutes dur- 

 ing the year. About 50 state lecturers were in the employ of the in- 

 stitute besides some 20 local speakers and 7 or 8 lecturers from the 

 college of agriculture and the experiment station at odd times. Seven 

 hundred and five regular institute sessions were held and the total 

 attendance was 93,090, and the cost nearly $20,000, including the 

 printing of bulletins. 



WYOMING. 



Institute director. — J. D. Towar, director of the experiment station, Laramie. 



In spite of the fact that the grazing of cattle and sheep is still the 

 predominant form of agriculture in Wyoming and small farms are 

 relatively few, the institutes are doing good work and are deveh)ping 

 from year to year. The local officers are always consulted regarding 

 the arrangement of the meetings, and in some counties they pay 

 the local expenses of holding the institutes. Seventy-one sessions of 

 regular institutes were held, with 4,403 in attendance, and 5 women's 

 institutes were also held. The expenditure from the state appropria- 

 tion was $933.18, and the college of agriculture and the experiment 

 station furnished the director and 8 lecturers, while 12 were employed 

 from the State at large. 



