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in alfalfa growing, hog cholera, and silo construction to 20,000 people. Ladies' 

 auxiliaries to the farmers' institutes have been organized which, in the future, 

 will hold institutes simultaneously with the regular institutes. 



Tennessee. — Six thousand two hundred dollars was available for the hold- 

 ing of 126 institutes, including 27 for women. 



Texas.— Three hundred and eighty-five thousand, four hundred and forty 

 people received instruction from the institute force during the past year. 

 Special attention at the institutes was given to dairying, silos, hogs, poultry, 

 and other live stock, insects and plant diseases, orchards and gardening, and 

 marketing. Two demonstration trains made 225 stops and were visited by 

 140,000 people. 



Utah. — In Utah the farmers' institute work is a part of the extension work 

 of the college. Fourteen members of the college faculty gave 16S days of 

 service and conducted 577 farmers' institutes. A railroad instruction train 

 gave instruction in measurement and proper use of irrigation water, dairying, 

 silo construction, and stock raising. 



Vermont. — Twenty-four general institutes with an attendance of 5,095 cov- 

 ered all the counties in the State except one, at a cost of $592.45. Special 

 lectures in agriculture were given at grange meetings, picnics, clubs, and other 

 gatherings of farmers. 



Vibginia. — One hundred and thirty-one farmers' institutes with an attend- 

 ance of 20.650 were held in 100 counties of the State. In addition, a large 

 number of lectures on agriculture were given at special meetings with an esti- 

 mated attendance of 11,000. Soil improvement, alfalfa feeding, hog raising, and 

 home improvements were discussed at all the institutes. Agricultural literature 

 was also distributed at the meetings. Four railroad trains made 77 stops and 

 gave instruction in live stock, fruit growing, seed improvement, tobacco cul- 

 ture, trucking, and home economics. 



Washington. — The farmers' institute work is carried on by the regular ex- 

 tension staff of the college. Seventeen thousand five hundred dollars was 

 available for agricultural extension. No figures are available as to what part 

 of this was spent on farmers' institutes. 



West Vibginia. — Two hundred and forty-four institutes, with 61 separate 

 sessions for women, were held in 41 of the 55 counties of? West Virginia. 

 Thirty movable schools, 10 of which were for women, enrolled 1,354. The use of 

 lime was discussed at all of the institutes, and demonstration work was also 

 a feature of tbe meeting. Seven thousand five hundred dollars was expended 

 for farmers' institute work. 



Wisconsin. — Wisconsin held institutes in 68 of the 71 counties in the State. 

 Special institutes in hog cholera and alfalfa were conducted, also normal insti- 

 tutes for teachers. Forty two-day institutes for women enrolled a large 

 attendance. A railroad instruction train was run in cooperation with the Live 

 Stock Breeders' Association of tbe Slate and gave instruction in dairying, 

 alfalfa, and silage, bogs, sheep, and lieef cattle industry. 



Wyoming. — Wyoming lias no department of farmers' institutes, but farmers' 

 Institutes are conducted by the officers of the college and experiment station. 

 Silo construction and home-economics subjects were features of the institutes 

 held during the pasl year. 



AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION WORK IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 



The experience of foreign cations in conducting agricultural < i x- 

 tension work is of special interest to those in charge of similar work 



