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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INSTITUTES, EULES AND 

 LEGISLATION. 



[Read and accepted at the Annual Meeting, Jan. 8, 1901.] 



The committee, sitting as a committee on farmers' insti- 

 tutes, held a meeting in November, 1900, at which the list of 

 institute speakers was discussed, and its publication in the 

 form in which it appeared on Dec. 17, 1900, authorized. 



The system of the holding of farmers' institutes in this 

 State was discussed, and the committee believes that it is 

 generally well adapted to the needs of the farmers of the 

 State. 



The attendance, averaging over 90 per institute during the 

 season, is a valuable index to the interest taken in these 

 meetings by the farmers and the good accomplished by them. 

 That there are many localities, however, where these insti- 

 tute meetings do not receive the attention they deserve, 

 cannot be gainsaid ; and the committee has thought it desir- 

 able to include in this report a summary of the attendance at 

 the institutes held by the various societies, so that those 

 which are doing good work along this line may receive due 

 credit, and those where the attendance and interest are not 

 what they should be may be spurred on to give more atten- 

 tion to them. The attendance at the meetings held in 1900 

 was as follows : — 



Amesbury, 127, 90, 62, 80. 

 Barnstable County, 30, 100, 70. 

 Berkshire, 19, 60, 15. 

 Blackstone Valley, 15 for one and 



no report for the other two. 

 Bristol County, 55, 70, 50. 

 Deerfield Valley, 200, 50, 25. 

 Eastern Hampden, 100, 35, 125. 

 Essex, 95, 120, 120. 

 Franklin County, 75, 60, 35. 



Hampshire, 60, 50, 100. 

 Hampshire, Franklin and Hamp- 

 den, 75, 50, 100, 80. 

 Hingham, 12, 13, 75, 28, 37. 

 Highland, 26, 50, 120,72. 

 Hillside, 100, 200, 75,75. 

 Hoosac Valley, 15, 19, 15. 

 Housatonic, 25, 25, 50. 

 Manufacturers', 200, 100, 20, 

 Marshfield, 70, 20, 75. 



