RECAPITULATION.

1.

Amount collected by the State Board of Agriculture from the three mills per capita tax from the eighty-eight (88) counties of the state, in all of which institutes were held........ $ 8,373.81 2. Amount available for paying local expenses of two hundred and forty-three (243) institute societies, from the three mills per capita tax from the eighty-eight (88) counties of the state, in all of which institutes were held..... Amount expended by the State Board of Agriculture in aid of two hundred and forty-three (243) county institutes for lecture work ....

3.

$ 8,373.81

Total expenses of regular institutes...

Average expenditures per institute, by State Board of Agriculture
for lecturers

$ 8,004.62

4.

Amount expended by county societies for expenses of two hundred and forty-three (243) institutes held...

5.

$ 9,412.84 $17,417.46

6.

$32.94

'9.

$38.74

$71.68

80,508

331

11.

Number of independent institutes reported....

38

$1,813.03

Average expenditures, per institute, by societies..

Total average number of persons in attendance at two hundred
and forty-three (243) institutes held.....

10. Average number of persons in attendance at each.

12. Expenses of thirty-eight (38) independent institutes..

13. Average expense of thirty-eight (38) independent institutes reported

14.

......

Total average number of persons in attendance at thirty-eight
(38) independent institutes.

15. Average attendance at each of thirty-eight (38) independent in

stitutes

$47.71

12,085

318

LECTURERS

EMPLOYED BY

THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

For the Institute Season of 1904-1905 with Postoffice
Addresses and Topics.

F. L. Allen, Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio.

1. A Study of Soils and the Problem of Fertility:

(a)

The Origin, Composition, Kinds and Functions of Soils. Thirty minutes.

(b) Soil Water; Drainage. Thirty minutes.

(c)

Conservation of Moisture. Thirty minutes.

(d) Humus; Soil Bacteria and Tillage. Thirty minutes.

(e) Manures and Fertilizers. Thirty minutes.

2. The Home Mixing of Fertilizers. Twenty-five minutes.

3. Silos and Silage. Twenty-five minutes.

4. In the Dairy. Twenty-five minutes.

5. Machinery on the Farm. Twenty-five minutes.

6. Maple Creek Farm. Twenty minutes.

7. Ohio Forests. Twenty-five minutes.

8. Some Profitable Investments. Forty minutes. Night.

9. The American Farmer. Forty minutes.

Night.

10. The Farmer's Pocketbook. Forty minutes. Night.

S. J. Baldwin, R. R. 19, Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio.

1. The Corn Crop. Thirty minutes.

2. Silos and Silage. Thirty minutes.

3. Feeds and Feeding. Thirty minutes.

4. The Winter Dairy. Forty minutes.

5. Commercial Fertilizers. Forty minutes.

6. Some of Our Insect Friends. Twenty minutes.

7. Some of Our Feathered Friends. Twenty minutes.

9. The Evolution of the Farmer. Sixty minutes. Night.

10. Origin and Course of Storms. Sixty minutes. Night.

11. When the Earth Met a Comet, or the Great Glacier and Its Effects. Sixty minutes. Night.

John Begg, R. R. 1, Columbus Grove, Putnam County, Ohio.

1. Modern Ideas in Corn Culture. Twenty-five minutes.

2. Suggestions on Growing and Caring for Wheat. Twenty-five minutes.

3. A Few Thoughts on Potato Culture. Twenty minutes..