198 THE CONNECTICUT POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



As ]ias been pointed out in previous reports, the other 

 agricultural organizations in the state have also held insti- 

 tutes each season, each after its own plans, and continue to 

 do" so at the present time. It is unfortunate that our state 

 has no well defined laws in the matter of Farmers' Institute 

 work ; that so far it has failed to adopt some definite plan 

 for conducting- the work, in charge of a central bureau sup- 

 ported entirely with state funds. We doubt if there is any 

 other state in the Union where the important work of farmers^ 

 institutes is left for any and all the interested organizations 

 to take a hand in. During the season of 1904 a fairly success- 

 ful plan of consolidated institute work was put in operation 

 by the State Board of Agriculture, the Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion, and the Pomological Society. In 1905 no "combined 

 • plan" was agreed upon and our Society conducted its insti- 

 tutes separately, except that speakers were frequently 

 exchanged with the Dairymen's Association. 



During the winter of 1905, the Society held nine institutes, 

 as follows: At Higganum, Middlesex Co., February 17; 

 Whigville. Hartford Co.. February 23 ; Wilton. Fairfield Co., 

 Alarch 3 ; Milford, New Haven Co., March 7 ; Wethersfield. 

 Hartford Co.. March 8; Bristol, Hartford Co., March 9; East 

 Canaan, Litchfield Co., Alarch 10; Fairfield, Fairfield Co., 

 March 14; East Haddam, Middlesex Co., March 17; besides 

 furnishing speakers on fruit topics at institutes of the Dairy- 

 men's Association in Enfield. Plainville. and other places. 



All the institutes were held in cooperation with local 

 granges and were very successful, both in point of interest 

 shown and a large attendance. The speakers w'ere all from 

 within the state, with the exception of the series held week 

 of March 7, when Mr. John Jeannin, Jr., of New York State, 

 a well-known fruit grower and market gardener, was engaged 

 to address the meetings. His addresses were practical and 

 helpful and well received. The total expense of the work in 

 1905 was about $185.00. These institutes entailed a consid- 

 erable amount of extra work and sacrifice on the part of the 

 speakers and the Society's officers, but all felt that w4th the 

 results obtained it was well worth while. 



