Show Reports from mnny counties throughout the innd indl ate thnt county institutes didn't make much of n hit this yeur. It seems thnt they hnve been falling off in populnrity for some time. When they first arrived years ago they were much of a novelty and drew large crowds. Rut here of late the paid experts who give instruction instruc-tion at these institutes have had a harder row to hoe every year as far as audiences nre concerned. con-cerned. The trouble with the situntion'is that most of the farmers in the audiences don't think they need to learn so much in addition to whnt they know to be pretty successful fnrmefs. It is probnble thnt county institutes on the best way to operate automobiles with demonstrations of self-starters and four and six-cylinder talk would draw better crowds. |