IXSTRUCTION IN AGRICULTURE IN LAND-CRANT COLLEGES 

 AND SCHOOLS FOR COLORED PF.RSONS. 



i\\ ]>. J. Crosby, 

 Office of Experiment Stations. 



The liind-orant oollcovs for colored persons, which arc supported 

 iiiaiiilv 1)V National and State funds, constitute a class hy themselves. 

 In their oro-anization and work they ditt'er in so many respects from 

 the land-o-rant colleocs for whites that the general statements made 

 rej^ardini;* these colleges, considered as forming one s^'stem of educa- 

 tional institutions, are often misleading. Much has been wi-itt(Mi about 

 the facilities for agricultural education and the methods of insti'uction 

 in agriculture in the land-grant colleges generally which is not reall}' 

 applicable to these institutions for the colored people of the South. 

 It 4ias therefore seemed desira])le to give a separate account of the 

 opportunities olfered these people for instruction in agriculture in the 

 land-grant institutions set apart by law for their race. It is intended 

 to show (1) the requirements for admission to these institutions, (2) 

 the number and character of courses oflFered and the degrees given, 

 (3) the extent and character of instruction in agriculture, including, 

 also, statements regarding the facilities for such instruction, and (-1) 

 some statistics showing the revenues, value of e(|uipment, and numlier 

 of students in these institutions. Incidentally, they will be compared 

 collectively in certain of their features with similai' institutions for 

 white persons in the same States. 



There arc 16 of the so-called '"land-grant" colleges and schools for 

 colored persons, though, as a matter of fact, only 4 of them jxirtici- 

 pate in the benefits of the land-gi-ant act of 18<)2. All. iiowever, 

 receive funds pnnided 1)V the act of tSlXi. tlie amounts received by the 

 different institutions l)eing detei'mined by the I'atio of colored to white 

 persons in the States establishing separate schools for the two races. 

 In one State (Mississippi) the colored agricultural and mechanical 

 college receivt\s a larger percentage of the "second Morrill fund" than 

 that for white persons. The total revenue of the colored institutions 

 in the fiscal year IW'2-?, was !^r)8T,738.45. Of this amoimt !?20r),554.1)4 

 wa.s rcceixfd from the Federal (rovernment, $ir)!).!it'>4 fiom the States, 

 and $l72,'.»ll*.r)l fi-om fe(\s and other soui'ces. 'i'he largest revenue 

 (!?lS>4,(»4<».iH;) was received by Hampton Normal and Agi-icultural 



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