92 AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS 



We have several speakers who lecture before evening sessions of farm- 

 ers' institutes on such subjects as: agriculture in the rural schools, domestic 

 science in the rural schools, value of agricultural education, etc. (Neb.). 



Each of the four corps of institute lecturers is accompanied by a repre- 

 sentative of the Educational Department who arranges for special sessions 

 in the public schools in connection with institutes where he can secure co- 

 operation of the local school authorities. At these special sessions the 

 farmers' institute lecturers give talks on elementary agriculture and nature- 

 study. The total attendance at these special sessions held during the school 

 periods amounted to 22,697 (N.Y.). 



When we are holding an institute in a town we very often send the 

 lecturers to the schools to speak to the school children on certain phases of 

 farm life (N.D.). 



No instructions are given institute lecturers regarding this work; how- 

 ever, at many institutes teachers and pupils are called to the meeting and 

 special lectures are given them (Okla.). 



We are trying to give a good deal of attention to the introduction of 

 agricultural education in the public schools. I have attended ten teachers' 

 institutes during the summer with this object in view, speaking at some 

 of them three times, and I think the subject has been discussed by some 

 person in every institute in the state (S.D.). 



Our farmers' institute instructors do what they can to promote and 

 encourage the teaching of agriculture in the rural schools. Many of them 

 have lectures upon this subject (W.Va.). 



For the last twenty-four years a great deal of attention has been given 

 to the discussion of agricultural education in the public schools of Wis- 

 consin by the farmers' institute workers of this state; in fact, we feel that 

 public sentiment among farmers has been developed by these discussions 

 until Wisconsin has, we think, a little more practical agriculture in her 

 schools, from the rural district up through the county agricultural schools 

 and the agricultural college, than has any other state in the Union (Wis.). 



In most states where the farmers' institute is conducted by 

 the agricultural college there is a close correlation between this 

 department and that of agricultural extension. In some colleges 

 they are practically identical. As has been indicated in chap, v, 

 provision is made by several colleges for extension work among 

 the schools. Where this arrangement obtains, the farmers' insti- 



