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of meetings ; (2) to employ suitable persons to 

 address meetings ; (3) to assist in circulating 

 agricultural, horticultural, live-stock, and dairy 

 literature or periodicals among the members, or 

 to establish a circulating agricultural library for 

 the use of members ; or (4) to remunerate the 

 secretary and others for services rendered. 



Founded on these general lines, Farmers' 

 Institutes have made such progress in the 

 province that they comprised, on June 30th, 

 1903, a total membership of 23,754. The 

 number of meetings held during the previous 

 twelve months had been 837, and the number 

 of papers read or addresses delivered was 3,377. 

 The meetings are often attended by official 

 delegates whose expenses are paid by the Pro- 

 vincial Government, but every effort is made to 

 stimulate local interest and local energies. 



As regards the results obtained, the Superin- 

 tendent of Farmers' Institutes for the Province 

 of Ontario says in his report for 1902-1903 : — 



Through the Institute it is our object to help the 

 farmers towards a knowledge of better methods of farm 

 management. By free discussion at these meetings the 

 farmer gets new ideas in regard to his work, which en- 

 ables him to solve problems that have worried him on his 

 farm. He is also advised of new varieties of plants and 

 animals, and is thus enabled to improve his live-stock and 

 the feed which is necessary for their development. 



