THE FARMERS INSTITUTE
An organization created by an act approved June 24, 1895, designed to encourage practical education among farmers and to assist in developing the agricultural resources of the State.
Its membership consists of three delegates from each county in the State elected annually by the Farmers Institute in such county. Its affairs are managed by a Board of Directors constituted as follows:
The Superintendent of Public Instruction
Professor of Agriculture in the University of Illinois
The presidents of the State Board of Agriculture
Dairymen's Association
Horticultural Society,
Ex-offcio with one member from each Congressional District chosen by the delegates from the district at the annual meeting of the organization.
Annual meetings (between Oct 1 and March 1) are required to be held, which shall continue in session for not less than three days. The topics for discussion are the breeding of domestic animals, dairy husbandry, horticulture, farm drainage, improvement of highways and general farm management.
The reports of the annual meetings are printed by the State to the number of 10,000 one-half of the edition being placed at the disposal of the Institute. Suitable quarters for the officers of the organization are provided in the State capital.