ELEVENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART XI 659 



in others is a branch of the state department of agriculture, the college 

 of agriculture, or the experiment station. 



The time and place of meeting, the outlining of programmes, the se- 

 lecting of speakers, and all other arrangements for the young people's in- 

 stitutes should be under the direction of the regular farmers' institute, 

 and the expenses should be paid by that organization. The institute for 

 young people will thus become a branch of the regular farmers' institute, 

 organized and conducted entirely by it. It will not only*be a true farm- 

 ers' institute of a grade advanced beyond the boys and girls' club, but it 

 will also be instructed by expert teachers and have distinct courses of 

 study prepared for giving instruction along vocational lines. 



SEASON FOR MEETING. 



In organizing for the work that the young people's institute is to 

 undertake provision should be made for holding at least three meetings 

 during the year — one in the early spring, another in midsummer, and -a 

 third in the late autumn. The first or spring meeting should be for in- 

 struction along lines that are to be put into practice and followed during 

 the summer. The autumn meeting should be devoted more especially to 

 a discussion of the results obtained from putting the information received 

 at the spring meeting into practice, and for judging contests and the 

 awarding of prizes. The mid-summer meeting might in addition be made 

 a field meeting or an encampment at which the exercises would mostly be 

 in connection with observation of growing crops and the examination of 

 farms, orchards, herds, and flocks in the neighborhood where the insti- 

 tute or encampment is held. 



The instruction should be by lectures and demonstrations, given by 

 competent institute speakers, much in the same manner as is now prac- 

 ticed in dealing with adults, and special effort should be made to induce 

 free discussion of the various points that the speakers present. 



INSTITUTE LIBRARY. 



Every young people's institute organization should be provided with a 

 library of reference consisting, along with books of general reading, of 

 bulletins, pamphlets, and other books by recognized authorities upon agri- 

 culture and domestic science. This library should be in charge of the 

 county institute and be available for use by all young pepole belonging to 

 the institute organization of that county. When special publications are 

 needed for any purpose the secretary of the institute should endeavor to 

 secure them by gift, purchase, or loan. He should also furnish the young 

 people of the institute organization with lists of books relating to agri- 

 culture, domestic science subjects, and rural affairs. 



FARM CLUBS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER INSTITUTE CONTROL. 



While farm clubs for children under 14 years of age can best be or- 

 ganized and conducted by the public schools, there are some states. where 



