The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13
~ onen'S Institutes.

~ tomen'S Institutes.
IN this repCct l desire to empha-
size the growth and Importance Of the
Women's Institutes. which I regard.
as I have said before. Of more i'm
portance than the Institutes for men.
Inls is SO for several reasons They
offer to women and girls of the farm
bring them together in a social way.
winch is helpful to any person. They
also give them broader ideas and en-
larged visions as to what is goins. on
in the outside world. At the insii-
tute they get practical information as
to household economics and valuable
suggestions regarding the laws OF
health, the Importance of proper sani-
tation, how to properly feed, ciothe
and care for children that they may
grow up strong and healthy boys and
girls developing into vigorous man
| hood and Womanhood. thus enabling
them to become useful and influential
citizens whether they remain on the
farm or go TO the cities and numerous
portance thet TO know how to feed
live stock, to grow better calves, pigs
and colts, mix fertilizers. improve soils
and other subjects that are discussed
at the Institutes for men. In this T
am not lessening the Importance Of
mems Institutes. but emphasizing the
value OF women's institutes.
T{7i 10 a haJ,
mems institutes than in any two pre-
yious years. Our first wcmens insti-
! tutes were held in 1906. when VIC held
| twenty-one institutes IN nineteen coun-
/ ties In 1907 we held fifty in thirty
eight counties: IN 1908 sixty-eight
were held In forty-six counties; III
| 1909 seventy-three were held n fifty
| one counties, and this year we have
held 173 in eighty-four counties-an
! increase OF 100 Institutes over last
year. These were held in eighty-four
] counties-an increase Of thirty-four
! counties over last year.
t'While these numbers are large, as
compared with the number of women's $
! Institutes and attendance or former
years, yet they are exceedingly low
when compared with the women's in
! stitutes OF the Province OF Ontario,
Canada, where they last year held over
six hundred womens Institutes, with
an average attendance very much IN
| excess OF our total attendance for both
men and women. The director Of in
| stitutes for that province left the
meeting at Washington to attend a
three DAYS roundup institute at On
taro, where he said there would be
more than one thousand women in
attendance. Such gatherings Of women
as this representing every section OF
| a province or State. studying and DIS
| cussfng how to improve conditions and
lift to higher planes farm life, are
bound to result in good. and should
receive all the encourag cement posi-
BILE.
| $50 important DO regard the insti-
t,te work for men and women that |
want to hold a special training fnsti-
tute next summer, at which can
have expert institute workers-tne
| haet obtainabie-to give q weeks in
structioo to our institute lecturers
Demonstration Work.
! ."The fine yields OF corn ana other
CROPS that are reported from different
narts Of the State where demonstra-
tior work has been introduced Is the
strongest possible testimony as 60 the
va,ua of the work. a so per cent IN
crease In the yield Of corn per acre
within the last ten years. as is SHOWN
10 statistical reports. IS q convincing
argument in favor Of 'e<f<sF ''''s''''''S7