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Show 34 COMMISSIONER OF INDUN AFFAIRS. A farmers' institute, for both Indians and whites, was held at Winebago in February. Subjects pertaining to the home as well as the farm were discussed, and the talks made were full of practical value. Speakers were sent from the State University, and a lecture on good roads, illustrated by stereopticon slides, was one of the best features of the institute. Local prominent whites and Indians and agency employees also made addresses on various subjects. At the Potawatomi Reservation in Kansas, farmers' meetings were held on April 30 and May 3, and a good-roads meeting was held on May 14. At these meetings the expert farmer gave practical talks on various subjects pertaining to farm life, with blackboard illus-strations. A good-roads club was organized, and a circular of hints to farmers was promulgated for the information of the Indian farmers. A lecture on poultry, illustrated by lantern slides from the Depart-ment of Agriculture, was delivered at the Cheyenne and Arapaho School in Oklahoma on May 24 and 25 by the expert farmer. This lecture was repeated at Watonga and Geary. A wurse of talks covering a period of about three months was given at the Fond du Lac Reservation on subjects of farming, dairy-ing, poultry raising, etc. The Oneida Indians attended the annual farmers' institute at Depere, at which lectures were given by experts from the University of Wiswnsin with special reference to corn breeding and the care of live stock. A farmers' club has been organized at Oto, and meetings are held in the school buildings for the discussion of topics of general and agricultural interest. The Indian Farmers' Association was organized at Ponca. Weekly, and later biweekly, meetings were held, at which the superintendent and farmers gave talks on farming topics, which apparently were productive of much good. At Red Cliff six Indians have become members of the local fruit growers' association, and regularly attend the meetings which are held on Saturdays. At Santee cash premiums were given to the boys having the best '' grade " of corn. Two active farmers' clubs and one temperance club have been organized at Sisseton. A farmers' institute was held also, and many Indians were in attendance. A farmers' association has been organized in what is known as the Cannon Ball district on the Standing Rock Resenration. Farmers' institutes are held at the Fork Peck Agency, and large numbers of Indians attended the meetings during the year. The program usually consists of instructions given by experts from vari- |
