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BULLETIN 83, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
The subjects discussed at these meetings include fertilizers, feeding of domestic 
animals, hygiene, dairying, cooperative association, rural law, the combating of the 
enemies of plants and animals, apiculture, poultry, and farriery. 
The following lists of meetings of adult farmers with the attendance for the last three 
years show the progress of the work. 
Meetings of adult farmers, with attendance for 3 years, 1908-1911. 
Kinds of meetings. 
1908-9 
1909-10 
1910-11 
Meetings by the agricultural supervisors: 
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1,154 
50 
1,157 
50 
1,119 
50 
Total attendance 
57,700 
57,800 
55,900 
Meetings during the winter: 
3,170 
49 
3,440 
53 
3,670 
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Total attendance 
155,330 
182,320 
201,850 
Agricultural meetings for the army: 
550 
27 
528 
23 
572 
Average attendance at each conference 
26 
Total attendance 
14,850 
12, 144 
14,872 
Meetings on apiculture: 
388 
26 
330 
26 
366 
Average attendance at each conference 
26 
Total attendance. 
Meetings on poultry culture: 
Number of conferences 
Average attendance at each conference. 
Total attendance 
Meetings on farriery: 
Number of conferences 
Average attendance at each conference. 
Total attendance 
Special meetings: 
Number of conferences 
Average attendance at each conference. 
Total attendance 
10, < 
355 
46 
16,330 
252 
31 
-,812 
655 
50 
32,750 
8,580 
336 
44 
14, 784 
240 | 
29 
,960 
,600 
10,248 
437 
53 
252 
7,056 
614 
60 
36,840 
Sweden. — There is probably no country in the world where agricultural education 
is better organized and more appreciated than in Sweden. The farmers' schools in 
that country make provision for those actually engaged in agricultural work who can 
spare only part of the year for improving their education. There are 30 of these farm- 
ers' schools in Sweden, and they usually form a special part of the work of the 
people's high schools which provide for the general education of adults. The work 
of the farmers' schools is based on and is an extension of the general training given in 
the people's high schools. 
During the year 1909-10 the 30 schools were attended by 476 pupils, of whom 266 
paid their own fees. The number of students per school ranged from 4 to 40. The 
ages of the pupils varied from 16 to 33 years, the average being a little over 20J. The 
Government grant is from $825 to $1,100 per annum for each school, and at least an 
equal sum must be raised locally. 
A summer course in household economy for women was held from May 1 to October 
3, 1912. There were 6 special students of the average age of 20J years working together 
with a number of ordinary high-school pupils. The practical instruction includes 
cooking, related business transactions, and baking of various kinds. Each pupil in 
