38 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



STATE PUBLICITY BUREAU. 



The State Publicity Bureau, which is financed out of receipts 

 of the state fair and the balance of fees above operating expenses 

 in the stallion registration division, devoted several editions of 

 Greater Iowa to conservation and production campaigns advo- 

 cated by the U. S. Government. Among the editions that received 

 favorable mention was the number devoted to boys' and girls' 

 club work, which laid special stress upon calf and pig club work; 

 acre corn contests and all sorts of canning and conservation club 

 work. Another issue took up the wheat campaign and another 

 the silo building campaign. The department, through Greater 

 Iowa, assisted quite materially in putting Iowa over the top in all 

 these campaigns. 



FARMERS' INSTITUTES AND SHORT COURSES. 



The following table deals with the farmers' institutes and 

 short courses held during the period from July 1, 1917 to June 

 30, 1918. 



The table shows the location of institutes ; number of sessions ; 

 total attendance and the amount of state aid paid each institute 

 and short course. 



There was a marked decrease in the number of institutes 

 held during the past year. This may be accounted for by the 

 Tneetings held under the direction of the county agents and farm 

 bureaus, which took place of the institutes in a great many counties. 



There were only two short courses held this year that drew 

 state aid. The law under which this aid is paid provides that 

 a short course must stay in session not less than four days. The 

 Extension Department of the Iowa State College, which provides 

 speakers and instructors, adopted a plan during the past season 

 which required each crew to put on two three-day short courses 

 a week, which made it impossible for a number of associations to 

 meet the requirements of the law. 



