COUNTRY LIFE CONVENIENCES 



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The work of the institute may be accomplished (1) through pop- 

 ular lectures delivered by instructors from the Agricultural and 

 Mechanical College in each State or by special agricultural experts 

 sent out by the national government; (2) by means of object teach- 

 ing and practical demonstrations; (3) by stationing special expert 

 teachers in certain localities; (4) by offering short courses of in- 

 struction from two to 

 four weeks in length 

 at some central or con- 

 venient point on agri- 

 cultural topics; (5) by 

 holding a general State 

 meeting once a year at 

 the capital of the State 

 or at the seat of the 

 State Agricultural and 

 Mechanical College. 



The institute work 

 is generally placed 

 under the direction 

 and control of the 

 State Board of Agri- 

 culture or the Agricul- 

 tural and Mechanical 

 College in each State. 

 In some cases a special 

 organizer or conductor 

 of farmers' institutes 



i<3 pmnlnvprl Vv fVa Dinner table, set by class in household economics, New 



Mexico Agricultural and Mechanical College. 



State, whose duty it 



is to lecture to the farmers and organize district and county 

 institutes. After the work is organized the cooperation of the 

 county superintendent of schools and the practical farmers of 

 the county should be secured. Whenever possible, arrangements 

 should be made to have lectures given by the instructors of 

 the Agricultural and Mechanical College. But the work should 

 not ' stop with the farmers. The wives of the farmers may be 

 reached and made to take an interest in the institute move- 



