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     The Board of Trustees of the State University of Kentucky met in regular

session on Tuesday, December 10th, (1912) at 11 o'clock in the Trustees' Room in

the Gymnasium Building.

     Governor M11cCreary was present and acted as Chairman of the Meeting.

     On roll call the following were present:

Temes W. Turner, William H. Cox, T. L. Edelen, Louis L. Yalker, Henry S. Barker,

Hywell Davies, Claude B. Terrell, Tibbis Carpenter, Charles B. Nichols, Temes K.

Patterson, Denny P. Smith.

     Absent: lIfessrs. Richard C. Stoll, Richard N. Wlathen, Cassius Id. Clay, James

Breathitt, Robert l!. Brown, Barkesdale (Barksdale) Eamlett.

     The minutes of the June Meeting were read by Judge 01. T. Lafferty, and on motion

duly approved.





     Judge Lafferty, the Secretary, then read the report of the Executive Committee,

which was as follows:

     "The Executive Committee met at the University in the office df the President

on Saturday, October 26th, 1912.   There were present IMessrs. C. B. Nichols, Hy1eli

Davies, C. B. Terrell, and R. C. Stoll.  The minutes of the previous meeting of

the Committee were read and approved.   The Chairman of the Executive Committee asked

if there was any unfinished business.

     "Thereupon, President Barker made the following report relative to the protest

filed by IMrs. Stout at the last meeting of the Executive Committee, which matter was

referred to President Barker and the Director of Athletics and Physical Culture for

action or for recommendation to this Committee:

     "After the adjournment of the Committee I had an interview with Mrs. Stout end

she accepts the original proposition of the board of Trustees to carry all of the

athletics of the young ladies to Patterson Hall. and, this acceptance having been made,



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I now recommend to the )xecutive Committee that the salaries of the Director of

Physical Education for Women, Irrs. Florence 0. Stout, and the Director of Physical

Education for Lten, Mr. W. H. Miustaine, be fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) per

year each and that this salary be paid to them beginning as of July 1, 1912."





     Thereupon came the Business Agent and the Auditor of the University and reported

to the Committee that there was an unexpended and unappropriated estimated surplus

amounting to ten thousand, four hundred and ten dollars and fifty four cents

($10,410.54) and that the increased salaries of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to

Mrs. Stout and three hundred dollars ($300.00) to Mr. Mustaine could be paid out of

such unappropriated surplus and accredited to the athletic account.

     Upon motion, made, seconded and unanimously carried, upon the aye and nay vote,

the report of President Barker was concurred in by the Committee and was made the

action of the Committee.





     President Barker made the following additional report, having been appointed on

August 5th, by the IE~xecutive Committee, to settle with Or. Eowel Davies his account

for work done as expert accountant and also to arrange with him to act as Auditor of

the accounts of the University during the coming year:

     "I interviewed Mr. Davies and settled with him his account for expert work up

to August 1st at five hundred dollars ($500.00) and agreed with him that he was to do

such expert work as Auditor for the University during the coming year as should be

required for the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per month and his expenses while

here."

     Thereupon came the Business Agent and reported that the University had sufficient

funds on hand in its surplus account to pay said salary.

     Upon motion, made, seconded, and unanimously carried, on an aye and nay vote,



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the action of the President was concurred in and the action was confirmed, Mr.

Davies not voting.





    President Barker called the attention of the Committee to the fact, that, owing

to the death of Dr. Scovell, there was a vacancy in the position of Dean of the

Agricultural College and Director of the Experiment Station.   The President stated

that he had gone over the situation thoroughly, that, as a member of the Board of

Control, he had heard recommendations made by various persons, and that, after hear-

ing everything that had been said and after going into the situation thoroughly, weith

the approval of this Committee he would appoint Dr. Joseph H. INastle Dean of the

College of Agriculture and Director of the Experiment Station.

     Thereupon, upon motion made, seconded, and carried, all those members of the

Executive Committee present voting therefor, the recommendation of President Barker

was concurred in and Joseph H. castle was declared to be Dean of the College of Agri-

culture and Director of the Experiment Station and he shall at once assume the duties

of this position.





     President Barker made the following report, having been appointed with Mr. Etywel

Davies a special committee to interview Dr. Tuttle as to the needs of his department

and the reorganization of his daily schedule:

     "I interviewed Dr. Tuttle, with the result that Dr. Tuttle now withdraws for the

present term all claim for any more assistance or for Eay improvement in the labora-

tory supplies."



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     Came the Business Agent of the University and reported that since the last meet-

ing of this Committee he has, through M;;essrs. Rowe and Terrell of the Civil Engineering

Department, contracted with Gornley Brothers, as set out herein:

                                  CONTRLACT.

     THIS ACGEMENMNT, made this, the 17th day of October, A.D. 1912, by and between

the State University of Kentucky, party of the first part, and Gonaley Bros. of

Versailles, Ky., party of the second part,

     TITNESSETH: That the said party of the second part, for the consideration herein-

after mentioned, agrees to furnish all materials and build or reconstruct as the case

may be, the roads on the University Campus, in accordance with the plans and specifi-

cations and cross-sections attached hereto, and which are hereby made a part of this

contract.

     The said party of the second part agrees to have said roads built or reconstructed

and ready for inspection, on or before the lst day of December, A.D. 13912, allowing

a reasonable amount of time in case of unavoidable delays for causes beyond the control

of the said party of the second part.

     Inspection of this work as it progresses shall be made by the party of the first

part, and upon completion, it shall at once be passed upon. And in consideration of

the above presents, the said party of the first part shall pay, and hereby agrees to

pay to the said party of the second part, the sum of, (lst) 12 112$ per square yard

for scarifying and grading drive from front gate to front gate on Limestone Street,

and 10$ per square yard for all other roads scarified, graded and rolled; (2d) for

all metal furnished, wetted and rolled .1.65 per ton.

     And for the performance of all and every article and agreement mentioned in this

contract, the parties hereunto do hereby bind themselves each to the other firmly by

these presents.

     IN VITNESS I-TIMEOF, The said parties of the first part, and the second part, have

hereunto affixed their hands and seals.
                                                 lWlalter B. Rowge,
                                              Party of the first part.
                                              Gonmley Bros. by Win. CGormley,
                                              Party of the second part.
                                              State University of Kentucky
                                              By W.T.Lafferty, Business Agt.




 



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     Upon the estimates made by Hessrs. Rowe and Terrell, we will come within the

appropriation including a cement walk from the Administration Building to the main

entrance.





     It was stated to the Committee that this University had laid gas pipes across

Judge M~ulligan's land, with the consent of Judge Mulligan, to be removed upon the

request of Judge I.1ulligan or his successors or assigns, but Judge Mulligan thought

this should be put into writing.  Upon motion, seconded, the President was directed

for and upon behalf of the University to execute with M-r. Mulligan such agreement

as should be satisfactory to JTudge Mulligan.





     The Library Committee filed its report, which is as. follows:

     The library committee met in the President's Office M.17ay 15, 1912.

     Present: President Barker, Dr. Terrell, Dr. Tuthill, Miss Hamilton, Prof.

White.

     On motion it was decided that Miiss Hamilton should employ Miss Jennie Cochran

of Louisville for a month, at a salary of $100. and her expenses, to organize and

classify the library, and that Miss King should work with Miss Cochran and receive

instruction from her, instead of attending a library school during the summer. Miss

Hamilton boas also authorized to employ 1-r. C.P. VTeaver at gp50. per month during the

summer session, and such other assistants as may be required for the work, in addition

to ML;r. W ''eaver and Miss King.

     It was moved and carried that Miss King's salary as librarian should be $'75. per

month beginning with September lat.

     The committee then adjourned.

                                                Anna T. Hamilton,
                                                   Acting Chairman,
Approved                                               Library Committee.
     H. S. Barker,
       President.



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     Upon motion said report was received and filed.

     It was moved that the salary of the librarian, Miss Margaret King, be fixed at

V75.00 per month, begimning as of September 1st, 1912, all of which is to be paid oat of

the Library Fund, which motion was seconded and unanimously carried.





     A commmnication from the Pan-Hallenic Council was received and referred to

President Barker, to take such course as he should think proper.





     Mlotion was made, seconded, and unanimously carried that the Business Agent and

the Auditor make up a Budget for the Sinner School and report it at the next meeting

-of the Executive Committee.





     not0ion was Hade, seconded, and unanimously carried that Mr. Younger Alexander be

elected Treasurer of the University until his successor is chosen by the Board of

Trustees provided he executes a bond similar to that executed by the late Waller Rodes,

Treasurer of the University, and complies with all the terms and conditions of the law-

relative to such Treasurer; and the President of the University is authorized upon the

compliance with such terms to notify Mr. Alexander of his appointment.





    President Barker reported to the Executive Committee that he had appointed Iywel

Davies as a delegate to represent State University in the American Mining Congress for

the express purpose of cooperating and aiding the passage of the Federal Mining Bill,

which proposes to appropriate i?5,000.00 to the assistance of the Mining School of the

State University; this bill further proposes to increase this sum $5,000.00 per anmum

until the amount reaches $25,000.00.



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      Motion made, seconded, and unanimously carried, by an aye and nay vote, that

 IMris Davies' necessary expenses shall be paid in attending meeting, YaIr. Davies not

 voting.





      The following resolution was duly offered, seconded and carried, all present

 voting therefor except Mr. Stoll, who stated to the Board that his firm represented

 Carey-Reed Company, the contractor who built the street, and who declined to vote on

 the - oposition or to take part in the discussion thereof:

      Whereas the city of Lexington has heretofore ordered South Limestone Street,

 from Winslow Street to Virginia Avenue, improved with sheet asphalt at the expense of

 the abutting owners, and

     'Whereas the contract for said work was let to Carey-Reed Company, and said work

has been done in conformity to and in compliance with the contract and ordinances

therefor, and

     Whereas the University was desirous that said street should be improved and also

desires to pay for its proportionate part of same on the ten year plan,

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that C. B. Nichols, the Chairman of this Committee,

andes. T. Lafferty, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and of this Committee, and

Business Agent, be, and they are hereby, directed, authorized and empowered to execute

for and on behalf of the State University, Lexington, ientucky, the waiver as required

-by law in order that the University may have the privilege of paying whatever tax may

be assessed against its property because of said improvement on the ten year plan, and

said Nichols and Lafferty are authorized and directed to sign the name of the University

to such paper, and to attach the corporate seal of the University thereto, and to do

any and all acts uhich may be necessary and to execute any and all papers which may re

(be) required  in order that the University may be extended the privilege of paying

such tax on the ten year plan.



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     Mr. Tames R. Bush, attorney for Carey-Reed Company, appeared before the Cormaittee

 and stated that if the University were to pay cash for its assesmnent Carey-Reed Company

 would accept ninety eight Der cent. (98%) of the face of the tax in full settlement

 thereof.  Mr. Bush also suggested that if the University made arrangements to pay

 cash in all probability he could have the cost of improvement assessed separately

 against the University and bonds issued only against the University for the amount of

 its tax and that these bonds could be purchased by Carey-Reed Company and turned over

 to the University or anybody that the University might designate to be used as collat-

 eral on a loan if the University needed the collateral to use on such a loan or -if it

 desired to borrow money for the purpose of paying cash for such street improvement.

     Thereupon the President of this University was authorized to borrow the amount -of

the street improvement tax for ten years, one tenth (1/10) of which sum should'be repaid

each year, interest on it all to be paid annually or semiannually, as the President may

determine upon, and to use said bonds if the arrangement could be made as collateral on

said loan, the said loan to be repaid one tenth (1/10) each year out of the General

Fund of the University, and the note or notes shall be signed by C. B. Nichols, Chairman

of the Executive Committee, and 1W. T. Lafferty, Business Agent of the University, and

the corporate seal of the University shall be affixed to the same. Upon the roll being

called the votes were as follows: Mr. Ilichols,"Aye".; Mr. Davies, "Aye"; Mr. Terrell,

"Aye"; Mr. Stoll not voting or taking any part in this matter at all.

    Upon motion, the meeting then adjourned.,



1otion was made, seconded, anl carriedn that the xainutes be adopted as read.



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     Governor McCreary called for the report of the Board of Control.  Judge

Lafferty made the statement that said report would be ready at the next meeting.





     Mr. 0. B. Nichols reported that the salary arranged for Dr. Joseph Kastle,

Director of the Eperiment Station end Dean of the College of Agriculture, was $QOO.OO;

$$20.00 of Ythich las to be paid by the University and the balance by the Experiment

Station.





     President H{enry S. Barker than (then) read his semi-annual report, which is as

followos:


                                                Dec. 7, 1912.

To: the Board of Trustees,

    State University of -Kentuclcy,

      Lexington, Kentucky.

Gentlemen:-

             It gives me great pleasure to report that the session of 1912-13 opened most

auspiciously for the University and that its condition, iThether -we consider its finne6s

its sfstu.dent roster roll, the moral and intellectual tone of th e campus, or the zeal

.and ability of the teachin- force, ,as never so good as at present. The students, as

1 s6gainst one thousand and eighty seven at the corresponding period last year, an actual

increase of one hundred and twenty one students; but this does not accurately state the

gain of the institution in relative ntumbers; you recall that your board abolished all

aub-freshman work after last session, and ir. this way the institution lost one hundred

and fifty students in thie acadeW and we have overcome that loss and are still one

hundred and twenty one students better off than at the sume timle last year; we have



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therefore made a relative gain of two hundred and seventy one students, which is a

relative increase of about twenty eight per cent. But it is not only in the number of

the students that the University has gained; the morals and intellectual capacity and

work of the students was never so high generally as now. We have this session a

resident Y.M.C.A. secretary on the campus, who has organized a number of the students

into a society which is most enthusiastically at work in disseminating religious and

moral principles among their fellows. In addition to this, we have established the

office of Dean of Men and filled it by the appointment of Vice-President James G.

White, who has organized the greater part of the teaching force into a committee of

Student Advisers, to overlook the conduct of the students and to give them advice

when needed.   The mode of operation is as follows: the students are divided into

groups of, say, twenty or thirty young men; each of these groups is under the super-

vision of an adviser, who watches the grades of his wards, notes whether they are

cutting their classes, and, when these barometers give out danger signals, the ad-

viser looks up the student and in a friendly way finds out his trouble and endeavors

to help him back into the right path.  Much good has been done by this organization,

although it is not yet working as well as it might, but every indication shows that

it will probably become as near perfection as human organizations ever reach.

     Since the last meeting of this Board the University has lost by death one of its

ablest teachers, Prof. M. A. Scovell, who, as you know, was the Dean of the Agricul-

tural College and Director of the Experiment Station. I shall not in this report

undertake to do Justice to the memory of this truly great and good man -- his death

was a heavy blow to the University and to the State of Kentucky. The Executive

Committee and the Board of Control have appointed Dr. Joseph H. Kastle successor to

Dr. Scovell in both of the positions he held in the University. This was done in

large part on my recommendation and I therefore feel personally responsible for it.

I made a most careful study of the whole situation, considered the merits of many very

able men, and reached the conclusion that Dr. Kastle was by far the best man to take



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charge of our agricultural interests and to meet our conditions and, as said before,

so advised the Executive Committee and Board of Control. 'I have been asked what

authority the Executive Committee and the Board of Control had to make the appointment.

I answer no express authority, the Executive Comnittee represents this Board when the

latter is not in session and Prof. Scovell was appointed by the fbrmer and served his

whole term under its appointment. I have no hesitation, however, in saying that this

Board has authority to refuse to ratify the appointment of Dr. Kastle and to elect

anothier in his place if it is desired.  I therefore suggest that you should act on

the appointment in some way, so that the question of authority to make it be settled.

     It would extend this report to an unreasonable length to enter into a detailed

account of each department of the University; for the most of them I deed (deem) it

sufficient to say that they are being conducted in a most satisfactory maimer but I

desire to speak with more particularity of the Agricultural College; and first I wish

to point out the growth of that institution, In order to bring this before your

minds in a concrete form, I will give the number of students for several years last

past. These numbers are taken from the records and are accurate; in 1906-07 there

were (32) thirty two; in 1907-08 there were (40) forty; in 1908-09 there were (48)

forty eight; in 1909-10 there were (65) sixty-five; in 1910-U there were (83) eighty

three; in 1911-12 there were (159) one hundred and fifty nine; and. in 1912-13 there

are(196) one hundred and ninety six at the present date but the roster is not now

complete and by the end of the term there will be in all at least two hundred and

twenty five or thirty. The records show that in the last two years the number of

students in the Agricultural College will have increased nearly two hundred per cent.

I claim no credit for this great growth in this department, but I gladly concede it to

the last Dr. Scovell and the change of policy inaugurated by the Boerd with reference

to Agriculture in the University.



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     In addition to carrying forward the Experimental Farm the teaching of Agriculture

to the attending students, there have been established four farms in the State for

research work in soil fertility and the production of various crops. These farms

(as they are called) are twenty acres each and are either conveyed to the University

in fee simple or by perpetual lease. The farms now established are in Logan,

McCracken, Muhlenburg, and Graves Counties respectively. It is our intention to

establish six additional farms, so that there will be one in each of the principal

soil acres into which the State is divided. On these farms, which will be under

supervisors from the University, will be done research work to show how the fertility

of the soil can best be restored and afterwards maintained and what crops can be grown

to the best advantage to the farmer within the given soil area. The operation of these

little farms will cost about ten thousand dollars per year but the vast good which will

accrue to the farmers of the State by having this highly practical information brought

home to them by actual demonstration will more than justify the outlay.  All this

work is under the supervision of Prof. George Roberts, the Agronomist of the Agricul-

tural College, and this fact is a guarantee that the work will be done in the most

efficient manner.

     There is now being erected on the grounds of the Agricultural College a new hog

cholera serum plant, which will cost when finished about twelve thousand dollars, which

when completed will enable the institution to furnish to all the farmers of Kentucky

serum at about cost with enough beyond their needs to sell to farmers of other States

at a price that will make the plant self-sustaining.

     There is no way to estimate the enormous money value this plant will bring to

the farmers of Kentucky, but that it will reduce the loss of hogs by Cholera to a

Very Small Sum estimated in money is beyond doubt.

     But while speculating upon the prospective usefulness of the plant being erected

wie must not overlook the fact that day by day there is being prepared at the present

plant hog Cholera serum which is being distributed to the farmers of the State, and

that the loss of thousands of hogs is being prevented. During the year last past the



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department has prepared something like forty thousand doses of hog Cholera serum.

During the summer months four men from the department spent their entire time in the

field vacinating hogs for farmers. At the present time there are two men in the field.

No charge has been made for railroad fare or for the services of these men. A charge

of one cant per cubic centimeter is made for the serum and virus, About fifteen

thousand hogs have been vacinated during the year by our own men. This work is under

the supervision of Professor E.S. Good, who is carrying it forward toward a most

brilliant success.

     The research work to be done on the soil fertility farms already described must

not be confounded with the extension work of the agricultural department which is

under the supervision of Professor T.R. Bryant. This work is just now beginning to

really grow, and Professor Bryant is laying the foundation for an agricultural super-

structure which will in a short time revolutionize the old fashioned farming methods

of Kentucky. The great Doctor Knapp of the United States Agricultural Bureau originated

the idea of carrying agricultural information to the farmer at his home, and this

method is now fast being adopted by all of the State Agricultural Colleges in the

country. The Legislature of Kentucky at its last session appropriated fifty thousand

dollars annually, in large part, for extension work, and we are in good faith trying

to carry into effect the purposes of the Legislature.

    I cannot better present the work that is being done in the extension department

than by adopting the following excerpt from a very recent report of Professor Bryant

to his chief, Dr. Kastle:

            "During the year 1912, the extension work in Kentucky has assumed

       more definite outlines, and more systematic work is being taken up.

            "Publications. A regular series of bi-weekly press bulletins is

       issued to about 275 newspapers in the State, and the papers are learn-

       ing more and more to appreciate their value. The subjects of these

       bulletins have been published during the past year for certain pur-



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poses, such as distribution in the field "when a campaign such as a train or farm school

is being conducted, syllabus of a lecture that is given, instructions for boys' and

girls' agricultural clubs, etc.

     "The newspaper bulletins will be continued until the extension staff has grown

large enough to guarantee one newspaper page of agricultural matter every four to six

weeks, at which time this material will be sent to one of the newspaper agencies which

will put the matter into plate and distribute it to its customers, We will thereby get

a considerably greater amount of our reading matter before the public in the columns

of our county papers.

     Mhe plan has been adopted of using all available agencies for extension teaching,

such for instance as the county high schools, private institutions, etc., into which

agriculture could be introduced in various ways.  Sometimes this is done by organizing

a definite agricultural course in a school, either under a man devoting his entire time

to this department or taking it as a part of his work. In other places a boys' and

girls' club is formed in the school, to put into operation, under our instruction, cer-

tain farm activities, iwhich will be interesting and instructive. Definite instructions

in printed form are provided for these operations.

     "Uttil recently the boys? and girls? clubs of the State have been under the direc-

tion of the Commissioner of Agriculture, who has in charge the farmers' institute

system of the State, but by recent arrangement the club work has been taken up by the

Extension Division in cooperation with the U, S. Department of Agriculture, and the

department of boys' and girls' agricultural clubs has been definitely assigned to Dr.

Fred Mutchler of Bowling Green, part of whose salary is paid by the Department of Agri-

culture and who reports to the Extension Division of the Experiment Station.

     "The specific work of these clubs has been confined to the following activities:

corn growing, potato growing, cow testing and butter making, poultry raising, horticul-

ture, pig feeding and home exonomics (economics).



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     "The Farm School. The extension school has been one of the more recently inaugu-

rated extension activities. These schools are held for four days in any locality from

which a petition signed by not less -than fifty persons has been received requesting

the school to come. We have held eleven such schools, with an average attendance of

about one hundred. The instruction has been by lecture, demonstration, and personal

visitation0

     "County Agents, In cooperation with the Department of Agriculture a system has

been started whereby county agents for agricultural purposes are being placed in such

counties as raise sufficient funds to indicate their interest in improved agriculture.

As yet only two of these agents have been actually placed - one in Madison and one in

Henderson County. These men are paid from three sources, - the local committee, the

U. S. Department of Agriculture, and certain commercial organizations directly interest-

ed in agriculture. Several other counties have indicated their desire to organize such

work, and within a short time there will probably be a large number of these agents.

These men can add enormously to the efficiency of extension work, not only by the good

they will do themselves, but by keeping this department posted as regards the needs of

the various counties, arousing an interest in extension activity to be undertaken in

their county, and in general making the University and its work better knowQ to the

farming public,

     "Agricultural Special Trains. Beginning March 24, 1912, and continuing 29 days,

an agricultural special train, carrying eight cars representing the more important

lines of agriculture, was run over the seven principal railroads of the State, making

108 stops and having an attendance carefully estimated at about 70,000 people. This

train was equippedwith exhibit and illustrative material, and instruction was given

by lectures and demonstration, and "after most of the lectures a printed syllabus was

handed to those who had heard the lecture so that they might refresh their memories

on the subject matter after the train had left.



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      "Extension Courses and Farmers Week, Beginning the first Monday in January,

 and continuing for one week, a series of conventions is held at the College, known

 as "Farmers' Week." These conventions are made up of the annual meetings of the

 State Swine Breeders' Association, the Kentucky Dairy Cattle Club, the Kentucky

 Beef Cattle Breeders' Association, the Sheep Breeders? Association, the Horse Breeders'

 Association, the State Horticultural Society and the Kentucky Corn Growers' Associa-

 tion. A dairy exhibit and dairy school and a corn school are held throughout the week,

 and also the State Corn Show,  Each year increasing interest has been taken in this

 Farmers' Week. Men of national reputation have been secured to deliver the principal

 addresses at each of the meetings.

      "Farmers'Week marks the beginning of the Ten Weeks' Winter Course in Agriculture.

      "Fair exhibits have been conducted at the State Fair, the National Corn Show,

the Blue Grass Fair, and at other exhibitions in a few cases, These exhibits are

always of a distinctly educational nature.

      "One auxiliary exhibit which has been conducted at the S