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Annals of Horticulture. 



Statistics 

 of insti- 

 tutes. 



Nevada. — No appropriation. 



New Hampshire. — About $1,000 is now used annually for farmers' in- 

 stitutes. Heretofore, the amount has averaged about $600. 



New Jersey. — About $2,000 of the amount appropriated to the State Board 

 of Agriculture is used annually for institutes. The county boards of agri- 

 culture hold meetings which are of an institute character, and these boards 

 receive some of the general funds appropriated to the State Board. Sixteen 

 county boards are now organized. 



New Mexico.— No appropriation. 



New York. — Annual appropriation for last four years, $10,000. The first 

 appropriation, $6,000, was made in 1887. From 70 to 80 institutes are held 

 each winter, under the personal charge of a director selected by the State 

 Agricultural Society. 



North Carolina. — No appropriation. From $250 to $500 per year has 

 been devoted to institutes by the State Board of Agriculture from its own 

 funds. The first institutes were held in 1886 or 1887. 



North Dakota. No appropriation. 



Ohio. — There is no specific appropriation by the state for farmers' in- 

 stitutes. The funds come from the county treasuries, each county to appro- 

 priate not more than $200 annually. For 1890-1 the total fund spent for 

 institutes in Ohio was $7,823.56, and about this sum will probably be ex- 

 pended each year. In 1890-1, 124 institutes were held under the auspices of 

 the State Board of Agriculture. In 1886-7 there were 50 ; 1887-8, 60 ; 

 1888-9, 62. 



Oregon. — No appropriation. 



Pennsylvania. — 1885, $1,000; 1886, $1,000; 1887, $3,000; 1888, $3,000; 

 1889, $5,000; 1890, $5,000; 1891, $7,000; 1892, $7,000; also $1,500 for ex- 

 penses of members of the State Board of Agriculture in attending meetings. 

 Each county agricultural society elects a member of the State Board, and 

 each member is responsible for the institutes and expenditure of funds in his 

 district. In 1890- 1, 61 institutes were held. This winter about 100 will be 

 held. 



Rhode Island. — No specific appropriation. About ten institutes are now 

 held during the year at an average cost of about $40 each. These are held 

 under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture. For a few winters 

 previous to 1889-90, the State Agricultural Society held a course of about 

 six lectures at the society's rooms in Providence, and the expense of them 

 was borne jointly with the Board of Agriculture. Comparatively few far- 

 mers could attend these meetings, and two years ago (January, 1890) the 

 Board held an institute in Kingston, following the meeting of the State 

 Grange. Since then institutes have been held in various parts of the state. 



South Carolina. — The State Agricultural Society, for a number of years, 

 commencing about 1874, ne ld summer meetings in different parts of the 

 state, at which essays were read and discussions had on agricultural topics, 

 but no funds were appropriated for this purpose till 1877 or 1888, after 

 which amounts ranging from $200 to $300 were expended annually for this 

 purpose by the Department of Agriculture, until the abolishment of this De- 

 partment, which occurred in December, 1890. The duties of the department 

 of agriculture are now devolved on the trustees of Clemson Agricultural 

 College, and it is their purpose to encourage farmers' institutes in every 

 way possible. 



