Show FARMERS WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING organization of institute will bp bo perfected gionta of movement in tile the united states there is to be another meeting of the farmers on saturday january 24 for the purpose of completing the organization which has been under way for several months the most important work to bo be done at this meeting will be the election of officers the growth of the farmers institute movement in the united states during the last decade has been steady in the season of 1902 3 there were held sessions of institutes in 41 states as con pared with sessions hold held in 1912 13 the attend ance in 1902 3 was in 1912 13 it was at the regular institutes the in crease in attendance at each session was 49 per cent oi 01 from an average of 94 53 to the appropriations increased f from rom to during the past year notwithstanding the large growth of the extension movement by the agricultural colleges the regular institutes have in continued on page 2 I 1 11 WILL ILIVE amnion AM ninn continued from page 1 creased in attendance und in tho the average nul nellibel libel pei session from to I 1 11 although institutes voi boio e held by all of the states cind and toi hitoi aeb in 1913 excepting louisiana nevada alaska alasha and porto rico leturno hivo have been received bioni only 41 as against 45 last year tho states not revolting repol ting held 38 iona ions in 1912 attended by it these tates states have held institutes in 1913 equal to those of 1912 the totals would be inci eased ewed to se sessions and 2932 attendance or an laici as of 1698 1508 sessions and attendance avei tile the previous pi evious year the institute has inci eased creased its constituency until it now numbers about of rural people there is no way of accurate IN estimating the increased ef fi Lency of the institute woi ker in recent deaia s excepting that in the fale faie fai e of all of the antei pi aises looking toN anal betterment he has not kiil maintained his position among educato educators is a 3 a of advanced adin adNan ced ture but in the last decade lit his audiences have Inci increased eased ovel per cent it should be stated that tills this entire movement ment has been initiated and conducted without national appropriation foi its support and with a minimum amount of delai departmental aid thus eahl biting an initiative vitality and capacity for service of the body of farmers |