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labor system, before tbe passage of the Congressional Act. The addi- 

 tional funds thence derived have been employed in buildings and other 

 valuable improvements. It has averaged ninety students per annum 

 since its opening. There are ten young ladies among its students this 

 year. The Presnient says: " Our students work willingly and well,, and 

 thus preserve both the habit of labor and the taste for it." 



MARYLAND 



Is doing nobly with her share of the grant; has this year one hundred 

 and eigditeen students; the expenses of sixty of these (tuition and room 

 rent) is paid by the State. 



MISSOURI, 



Who has thus far not realized a dollar from the grant of Congress, 

 started her Agricultural College in connection with the State University, 

 bought a farm, organized a labor corps under the direction of the Agri- 

 cultural Professor, hired a farm superintendent and horticulturist, and 

 now asks the Legislature for one hundred thousand dollars with which 

 to bring it up to the standard of her neighbors. " The agricultural farm 

 must be made a model, representing the State of Missouri; it must be 

 stocked and furnished, and sustained for a brief period, after which it 

 will be self-supporting," say the Curators. The land is divided into 

 fields, each designated by a particular name; careful experiments are 

 made upon these, the results of which are published. Labor of students, 

 paid for at the rate of ten to fifteen cents per hour. Grape growing 

 and stock raising will be specialties, to which particular attention is 

 given. 



NEBRASKA 



Has her agricultural building and faculty, but her farm is not yet devel- 

 oped. The Kansas plan will be fully carried out as her means become 

 available. 



WISCONSIN 



Is rapidly developing her farm. Students are paid twelve cents per hour. 

 Several acres are used as experimental grounds by the State Horticul- 

 tural Society. An excellent report of farm operations is published 

 annually. The Agricultural College is one of the departments of the 

 State University. A noble edifice, costing fifty thousand dollars, has just 

 been given by the State for the special accommodation of the young lady 

 students. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE 



Has an excellent domain long known as the Conant Farm. Its former 

 owner had cleared one hundred thousand dollars from it without deteri- 

 orating its value. The Agricultural College is a department of Dart- 

 mouth. 



VERMONT 



Created an Agriculturul College in her State University at Burlington. 

 The farm purchased last year has not yet been adapted to purposes of 

 instruction. 



