8 BULLETIN 83, U. S. DEPABTMENT OF AGBICULTURE. 
The committee on institutes for women reported general expan- 
sion of institutes of this character, until now most of the State 
directors report some attention being given to home conditions and 
woman's life and work. Others report "we are just ready to start." 
Among the suggestions for the improvement of the work are trained 
neighborhood visitors, the organization of home-makers' clubs, and 
the making available of literature giving information respecting 
home improvement. 
One of the significant features of women's work is the enlarging 
of its scope to include the interests of young girls. In some States 
girls' canning clubs, bread-making clubs, athletic clubs, and literary 
clubs are being organized, all designed to arouse and hold the interest 
and activities of young girls in rural life and its pursuits. 
The committee on boys' and girls' institutes summed up its report 
as follows: States holding special junior institutes, 8; those holding 
special sessions at regular institutes, 12; those having junior aux- 
iliary institutes, 5; those holding special junior short courses, 8; 
those having junior sessions at summer short courses, 12; those having 
regular boys' and girls' club organizations, 36; those conducting 
junior correspondence courses, 8. The committee reported also 
that junior encampments seem to be growing in popularity. A 
criticism was made of the practice sometimes followed of emolling 
large numbers in these clubs and requiring no service. It was rec- 
ommended that members of these clubs not regularly reporting at least 
once in two months should have their names dropped from the roll. 
The "program" of the meeting of the association was divided 
into four distinct groups — a general session, a special session, a 
women's session, and a round-table discussion. Eighteen papers in 
all were presented at these several meetings and discussed. 
The president, in his address, spoke particularly of the need for 
enlisting the cooperation in this institute movement of all classes of 
citizens, the town resident as well as the people of the rural districts, 
bankers and business men as well as farmers. He asserted that all 
were affected directly by the condition of agriculture, and all should, 
therefore, aid in its improvement. 
The officers elected for the coming year were: President, Edward 
Van Alstyne, Albany, N". Y.; vice president, W. J. Black, Winnipeg, 
Canada; secretary-treasurer, L. K. Taft, East Lansing, Mich.; execu- 
tive committee, A. L. Martin, Harrisburg, Pa.; T. B. Parker, Kaleigh, 
N. C, and Mrs. F. L. Stevens, Mayaguez, P. R. 
EXTENSION WORK BY THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. 
Data regarding extension work by the agricultural colleges in all 
of the States and Territories except Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, 
Hawaii, Maryland, Nevada, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, 
