6 BULLETIN 269, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 



New Jeesey. — Five thousand two hundred and twenty-nine dollars were 

 used in conducting 52 general institutes and 16 special institutes with an 

 aggregate attendance of 12,657. Seventeen members of the agricultural col- 

 lege and experiment station gave 204 days of service. A successful farmers' 

 week was held at the agricultural college. 



New Mexico. — No institutes were held in New Mexico, hut an extension 

 department has been organized at the agricultural college, and it expects to 

 organize a number of institutes during the coming year. 



New Toek. — Institutes were held in all the counties of the State except 

 those comprised in. greater New York and one mountain county. One hundred 

 and twenty-six special sessions for women were held with an attendance of 

 6,003. A successful feature of the work was sheets containing questions on 

 the topic being discussed. The questions were numbered and the audience 

 called for answers to whatever questions they were interested in. One hundred 

 special institutes were held in cooperation with, the granges and the other 

 agricultural association meetings. 



Noeth Caeolina. — An association for the conduct of institutes for women 

 was organized to hold monthly meetings. Eight institutes were held for 

 negroes with a good attendance. Institutes were held in 98 of the 100 counties 

 of the State. 



Noeth Dakota. — A new feature of the institute work was the introduction 

 of farm inspection work. 



Ohio. — Institutes were held in each county in the State. A successful fea- 

 ture of the work was the holding of preliminary conferences with the officers 

 of the farmers' institutes of each county with a member of the farmers' insti- 

 tute staff, at which time the people decided where institutes should be held 

 and laid plans for conducting them. The total attendance at farmers' insti- 

 tutes was more than 110,000. 



Oklahoma. — Owing to an unusual situation in the State no appropriation 

 was made for farmers' institute work, though some work along this line 

 has been done by the agricultural college. 



Oeegon. — Special sessions of general institutes were held for women. Many 

 special agricultural lectures were also given to fairs, commercial clubs, women's 

 clubs, improvement associations, and to other organizations throughout the 

 State. The institute work is closely related to the extension work. 



Pennsylvania. — Institutes were held in each county in the State. The 

 10 county agents in this State gave three months of their time to farmers' 

 institute work. In addition, 11 members of the agricultural college gave 55 

 days of service. One hundred and fifty-four State lecturers were employed. 

 Two railroad trains gave instruction in dairying, poultry, horticulture, and home 

 economics. Large use was made of illustrated lectures at all the institutes. 



Rhode Island. — Sixteen institutes were held at a cost of $445. The insti- 

 tute staff also gave field demonstrations in the care of orchards and held an 

 annual corn show and industrial contest for adult boys and girls. 



South Caeolina. — In South Carolina the institute season is during July and 

 August. A new feature of the work during 1913 was the holding of institutes 

 on the farm, using the stock and field crops as illustrative material. All the 

 work of instruction is by members of the faculty of the agricultural college 

 and by county demonstration agents in the various counties. 



South Dakota. — In addition to holding institutes in every county in the 

 State, movable schools were a prominent feature of the work. Fifty-two of 

 these were held, one-half of which were for women, with a total attendance of 

 58,948. A railroad instruction train carried 15 lecturers and gave instruction 



