4 BULLETIN" 269, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



California. — Owing to difference in climate, institutes were held every month 

 in the year and in 41 of the 58 counties of the State. A feature of the work 

 was the organization of young people's agricultural clubs. Forty members of 

 the college and experiment station staff gave 300 days of service. Fourteen 

 thousand five hundred students at educational institutions received instruction 

 from the institute staff. 



Colorado. — No appropriation was available, but college funds and contribu- 

 tions for local sources made $2,596 available, which was used in the conduct of 

 59 days of institutes. One instruction train made 31 stops with an attendance 

 of 15,821. 



Connecticut. — Thirty-three lecturers addressed 50 farmers' institute sessions 

 with an attendance of 2,750. An appropriation of $700 was available. 



Delaware. — Consolidation of rural schools was the leading topic at all of 

 the 36 institutes held in Delaware. An instruction train carrying 11 lecturers, 

 with exhibits, made 13 stops and was attended by 2,000 people. 



Florida.— The State appropriation was increased from $7,500 to $10,000. One 

 hundred and thirty-two institutes, with an attendance of 15,676, were held. 

 Twenty members of the agricultural college gave 692 days of service to farm- 

 ers' institutes. Plans are being made for holding special institutes for farm 

 women during the coming year. 



Georgia. — Farmers'-institute work is closely related to other extension 

 activities of the college. Twenty-five college and station men gave 1,426 days 

 of service. The use of motion pictures was introduced into the institutes and 

 proved a profitable feature. Seven movable schools enrolled 4,710. 



Idaho. — Farmers' institutes were held in every county in the State except 

 one, which is wholly a mining county. 



Illinois. — The appropriation for farmers' institutes was increased from 

 $21,000 to $33,179.50. This will make possible material enlargement in the 

 scope of the work. Sixty-five lecturers were engaged in farmers'-institute 

 work in the State during the year. An annual conference of farmers'-institute 

 workers lasting for one week has proven a profitable feature in organizing the 

 work. 



Indiana. — In Indiana 428 institutes were addressed by 50 State and 200 

 local speakers. Special attention was given to perfecting local organization, to 

 the organizing of boys' and girls' school clubs, and to enlarging the usefulness 

 of the institutes for farm women. Four conferences for farmers'-institute 

 workers were held preceding the institute season. 



Iowa. — No report has been received. 



Kansas. — The Kansas farmers' institutes are permanent organizations, with 

 a total membership of about 15.000 farmers. In 1913 these organizations held 

 an average of 3.38 monthly meetings in addition to the annual meeting, at 

 which State lecturers are present. Eight women's institutes and eight young 

 people's institutes, with an aggregate attendance of 8,721, were held. 



Kentucky. — The live-stock industry was emphasized in all institutes during 

 the year, also a larger place on the program was given to subjects of particular 

 interest to women. Considerable attention was given to strengthening local 

 institute organizations. Fruit-spraying demonstrations were a feature of a 

 large number of the institutes. 



Louisiana. — Farmers'-institute work in Louisiana is placed by statute under 

 the direction of the commissioner of agriculture and immigration, but no 

 appropriation has been available, though some work of similar nature has been 

 done by the State college of agriculture and the experiment station. 



Maine. — Two institutes were held in each county in the State, at a cost of 

 $2,300. Sixty-four State lecturers, in addition to local speakers, addressed 73 



