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institute workers that the extension departments of the colleges 

 are looking with eager eyes upon this work, and are demanding 

 that it be placed under their control. It may be that in some 

 States this is desirable, but your secretary feels that it would be 

 unwise for the Board to give up this work. Many questions 

 enter into the extension of these institutes, and all involve 

 more money. We could do much better work with a paid 

 leader who could devote his whole time at least three months 

 in the year to the work. Lectures illustrated by stereopticon 

 and moving pictures are as a rule more instructive. The 

 Board should make a series of moving-picture films of all 

 Massachusetts agricultural operations and have them for use 

 at all times. Those used the past year belong to the Board of 

 Panama-Pacific Managers, and wherever they have been shown 

 much interest has been displayed. 



The total number of institutes for the year was 161, with 

 188 sessions, and the total attendance was 22,649, or 120 per 

 session, against 115 last year, 118 in 1912 and 126 in 1911. 

 One of the societies held 8 institutes; two held 5; four held 4; 

 eleven held 3; seven held 2; five held 1; five held none, and 

 75 institutes were held by organizations not represented on the 

 Board. 



PouLTKY Premium Bounty.- 



The bounty annually appropriated for the purpose of re- 

 imbursing poultry associations applying therefor, to the extent 

 of their expenditures in premiums for the breeds specified by 

 the Board, was distributed as follows: — 



Attleboro Poultry Association, $130 64 



Dalton Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, . . . 167 09 



Eastern Massachusetts Poultry and Pigeon Association, . . 105 77 



Holyoke Poultry and Pet Stock Association, .... 248 76 



Lawrence Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, . . 49 76 



Lenox Poultry Association, 101 38 



Mansfield Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association, . . 46 00 



Milford Poultry Association, 213 88 



New England Poultry' Association, 191 50 



Northern Berksliire Poultry Association, 173 54 



Springfield Poultry Association, 300 00 



Worcester Poultry Association, 253 14 



Total, $1,981 46 



