6 BULLETIN 269, TJ. S. DEPAKTMEXT OF AGRICULTURE. 
New Jersey. — Five thousand two hundred and twenty-nine dollars were 
used in conducting 52 general institutes and 16 special institutes with an 
aggregate attendance of 12,657. Seventeen members of the agricultural col- 
lege and experiment station gave 204 days of service. A successful farmers' 
week was held at the agricultural college. 
New Mexico. — Xo institutes were held in Xew Mexico, but an extension 
department has been organized at the agricultural college, and it expects to 
organize a number of institutes during the coming year. 
Xew Toek. — Institutes were held in all the counties of the State except 
those comprised in greater Xew York and one mountain county. One hundred 
and twenty-six special sessions for women were held with an attendance of 
6.003. A successful feature of the work was sheets containing questions on 
the topic being discussed. The questions were numbered and the audience 
called for answers to whatever questions- they were interested in. One hundred 
special institutes were held in cooperation with the granges and the other 
agricultural association meetings. 
Xorth Carolina. — An association for the conduct of institutes for women 
was organized to hold monthly meetings. Eight institutes were held for 
negroes with a good attendance. Institutes were held in 9S of the 100 counties 
of the State. 
Xoeth Dakota. — A new feature of the institute work was the introduction 
of farm inspection work. 
Ohio. — Institutes were held in each county in the State. A successful fea- 
ture of the work was the holding of preliminary conferences with the officers 
of the farmers' institutes of each county with a member of the farmers' insti- 
tute staff, at which time the people decided where institutes should be held 
and laid plans for conducting them. The total attendance at farmers' insti- 
tutes was more than 110.000. 
Oklahoma. — Owing to an unusual situation in the State no appropriation 
was made for farmers' institute work, though some work along this line 
has been done by the agricultural college. 
Obegox. — Special sessions of general institutes were held for women. Many 
special agricultural lectures were also given to fairs, commercial clubs, women's 
clubs, improvement associations, and to other organizations throughout the 
State. The institute work is closely related to the extension work. 
Pexxstevaxia. — Institutes were held in each county in the State. The 
10 county agents in this State gave three months of their time to farmers' 
institute work. In addition, 11 members of the agricultural college gave 55 
days of service. One hundred and fifty-four State lecturers were employed. 
Two railroad trains gave instruction in dairying, poultry, horticulture, and home 
economics. Large use was made of illustrated lectures at all the institutes. 
Rhode Islaxd. — Sixteen institutes were held at a cost of $145. The insti- 
tute staff also gave field demonstrations in the care of orchards and held an 
annual corn show and industrial contest for adult boys and girls. 
SorxH Caeolixa. — In South Carolina the institute sen son is during July and 
August. A new feature of the work during 1913 was the holding of institutes 
on the farm, using the stock and field crops as illustrative material. All the 
work of instruction is by members of the faculty of the agricultural college 
and by county demonstration agents in the various counties. 
SorxH Dakota. — In addition to holding institutes in every county in the 
State, movable schools were a prominent feature of the work. Fifty-two of 
these were held, one-half of which were for women, with a total attendance of 
58,94S. A railroad instruction train carried 15 lecturers and gave instruction 
