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FARMERS' INSTITUTE. 
The sixth annual meeting of the Farmers' Institute of Hawaii 
took place in the Library of the Territorial Board of Agriculture 
and Forestry on' Saturday, January 4th. 
At the afternoon session, in the absence of Mr. Jared G. Smith, 
Mr. William Weinrich presided. After the report of the Secre- 
tary, Mr. F. G. Krauss, the following officers were elected for 
the coming year : 
President— Mr. W. T. Pope. 
Vice-President — Mr. F. G. Krauss. 
Secretary-Treasurer — Mr. William Weinrich, Jr. 
The following new Board of Directors was elected: Messrs. 
R. S. Hosmer, P. L. Home and' J. G. Smith. 
At the evening session, the following paper was presented by 
Mr. Jared G. Smith, the retiring president : 
RELATION OF FARMERS' INSTITUTE TO EDUCATION. 
The Farmers' Institute of Hawaii has been in existence six 
years. While it has perhaps not been a very live organization 
for that entire periol, it has lived, and has been one of the factors 
in helping to keep alive in this Territory a general public interest 
along the lines of agricultural education. 
The Farmers' Institute is primarily an educational institution. 
Its growth on the mainland has been marvelous, so that now 
there is no state or territory which has not many of these or- 
ganizations. In a larger share of the states the institution has 
been placed on as firm a basis as any other branch of the general 
educational system. The Farmers' Institute stands between the 
college and the people. Its function is to translate in the lan- 
guage of common speech the truths of scientific investigations as 
determined by the Experiment Station, and as taught by the 
Agricultural College. The colleges of agriculture, as now con- 
stituted, using the name "college" in the broader sense, embody 
three lines of work. These lines are not coordinate as separate 
entities, but are parts of the whole. The function of the Experi- 
ment Station is purely that of investigation to determine the 
scientific truths that underly the problems of life as related to 
agriculture. Such investigation is costly and slow. A very 
large equipment in men, and books and apparatus is required to 
enable an Experiment Station to successfully cover any one line 
of investigation ; and only such lines can be attempted as the limi- 
tations of the Station's resources permit. 
The function of the College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 
is to teach. The college must train young men and women, fit- 
ting them for the broader walks of life, making it possible for its 
