ANNUAL RIU'ORr. 17r. 



the l'^xhil)iti(»n C'onimittcc. the ofliccrs and niaii\- i)\ the iiieni- 

 l)ers was tlic success of the exhi1)iti(»n due. Without doubt 

 tlie annual exhibitions of the Society are of tlie i>Teatest vahie 

 to the truit-gTow ing interests of our State and must continue 

 to be increasingly so for years. They are worth many times 

 their cost to all who attend them or i)articipate in competing 

 for the honors. 



Report of Institute Work for 1906. 



There has l)een little, if au}-, cha\ige in the conduct of 

 b'armers' Institutes in Connecticut cluring the past year, the 

 various agricultural organizaticjns eacli doing something in 

 carrying on this work. 



There has been increased acti\it}- on the part of the Ponio- 

 logical Society in arranging for and carrying out successful 

 institutes during the season of 1905-'06. The Institute is more 

 popular with farmers today than e\'er Ijefore and we feel that 

 the Society is doing some of its best work in supplying the 

 demand for this class of meetings. In nearly e\er}' instance 

 the local Cjrange has heartily co-operated witli us in holding 

 the institutes and without their help it would have been im- 

 possible to reach the degree of success that has been attained 

 in the work. Xo Institute can be made a complete success 

 unless there is a local center of interest to l)egin with, and the 

 Grange organization offers just tliis agency. 



While the matter of Institute work for the \ear is covered 

 (juite full}- in the report of the Secretar)- th.e subject is taken 

 u]) here somewhat more in deuiil in order that tlie record shall 

 Conform with that of prex'ious /\nnual Reports. 



It should be understood that the Institute season coxers a 

 period from November through to November of the following 

 year and the Society's record from Noveml)er. 1905. to No- 

 vember. 1906, is 24 institutes held, a si)lendid showing for one 

 organization in our small State. Practicall\- e\er\- county in 

 the State was covered, the meetings were held in series of 2, 

 3 or 4 each week, as far as possible to arrange it, and careful 

 attention was given to the advertising, selection of subjects and 

 speakers and the conduct of the meetings. 



The dates and places were as follows: 



