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ers, who sacrificed time and means to make the meetings prof- 

 itable and successful. Real missionaries they are, carrying the 

 gospel of better farming and farm life to the remote corners 

 of the State. It is to be regretted that we have not the space 

 here to reproduce some of the many splendid addresses and 

 discussions that make up our institute programs. 



The American Association of Institute Workers held its 

 convention in Washington in October, and your Secretary 

 again attended as delegate from this Society. Returning from 

 that meeting we were more than ever convinced of the great 

 possibilities for institute work here in Connecticut if conducted 

 along the right lines and under a system as well organized as 

 that in operation in other States. Since then the subject has 

 been agitated anew, with the result that a conference of work- 

 ers from the several State organizations interested in institute 

 work in Connecticut was held in November, 1907, when a plan 

 was adopted looking to closer cooperation between those en- 

 gaged in carrying on institutes. This plan was put in opera- 

 tion late in the winter of 1908, and it is too early yet to judge 

 of the results. While any arrangement of this sort necessarily 

 has its limitations and can never take the place of definite leg- 

 islation in the matter, it strongly indicates that there is a desire 

 for better methods in our institute work, and that the near 

 future must see the adoption of an adequate institute system- 

 for Connecticut farmers. 



