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one of the very best institutions founded on the Congressional grant, 

 and far in advance of some who got a greater share of the lands. 



KENTUCKY 



Leads all the Southern and Southwestern States in industrial education. 

 The Agricultural Department of her State University has a farm of four 

 hundred and thirty-three acres, consisting of Ashland, the home of 

 Henry Clay, and the adjoining estate of Woodlands. Every student is 

 required to work two hours a day in the horticultural depai'tment with- 

 out compensation. Those who wish to defray a part of their expenses 

 by their labor can work four hours a day on the farm, or five hours in 

 the shops, receiving from five to ten cents per hour. One hundred 

 young men were enrolled on this labor corps in eighteen hundred and 

 sixty-nine, many of them defraying all of their expenses. Of seven hun- 

 dred and fifty-seven students in the University, three hundred and eighty- 

 three were in the agricultural and mechanical departments. 



ILLINOIS 



Has a farm of a thousand acres to be developed principally as an exper- 

 imental and stock farm; forty acres are set apart for gardens and nur- 

 series. Labor classes have been organized. Sixty-two out of one hun- 

 dred and ninety-six students have been enrolled in these. Young women 

 have been admitted. One of the best movements of the University has 

 been the establishment of Farmers' Institutes in different portions oi the 

 State, where practical questions are discussed and lectures given by the 

 Agricultural Professors. The stock books already contain many valuable 

 donations and specimens, and some of the best farmers and stock grow- 

 ers are on its managing Board. 



MAINE 



Is developing her farm of three hundred and seventy -three acres in the 

 direction of horticulture, especially fruit growing. From one half to 

 one fourth the expenses of the students have been defrayed by their 

 employment in this work. 



MINNESOTA 



Is putting her best strength into her Industrial College. The Pres- 

 ident says: "It is no longer a small number of persons preparing for 

 professional work who are demanding higher education, but a vast body 

 of people, hitherto unknown to educators, thronging forward and clam- 

 oring to be taught how to do their work in the right way." 



KANSAS 



Has a well organized labor system, employing both sexes; carries on 

 experimental and miniature farming, allotting portions of land to stu- 

 dents. There are ninety-six young men, seventy-six young women, and 

 thirty-seven classical students. Two of the Professors are ladies. 



MICHIGAN 



Had her Agricultural College established with a very effective manual 



