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sample of wheat will produce) were also exhibited in active operation, 

 and the chemical apparatus employed for fat extraction and the deter- 

 mination of nitrogen in corn-breeding work was also shown. 



The plant-breeding- work, as it turned out. furnished good material 

 for display and enabled an interesting and attractive exhibit to lie 

 made. It was so arranged as to enable the crowd to obtain a good 

 general idea of the methods in a few minutes, while those who chose 

 to spend a longer time in making a more complete stud}' of the exhibit 

 were afforded opportunity to do so. 



The attendance at the various exercises of this "school" ranged 

 from 50 to 1,000 people at a session, varying with the attendance at 

 the fair and with the condition of the weather. The practical exer- 

 cises and demonstrations proved as a rule to be of greater interest than 

 the more formal lectures and moving-picture displays. The inaccessi- 

 bility of the place where the school was held undoubtedly affected the 

 attendance. 



The indications are that the school made a marked impression upon 

 a considerable body of people, who gained through it a much clearer 

 conception of the methods employed at the agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations than they had previously had or than could well 

 have been given in any other way. 



The comments upon the exhibit of the agricultural colleges and 

 experiment stations as a whole have been most favorable and compli- 

 mentary. 



It was in no sense a "show" exhibit, but the materials comprising 

 it were those in actual use for instruction and experimentation at 

 our land-grant colleges and experiment stations, or those represent- 

 ing with as much realism as possible the practical results of research. 

 It was undoubtedly the most successful exhibit which these institu- 

 tions have yet made, and its location in the Palace of Education 

 secured for the agricultural departments of the colleges and the 

 experiment stations a recognition of their place among the great 

 educational efforts of the nation. It impressed itself upon intel- 

 ligent observers as a worthy and consistent exposition of certain 

 features of education and research in the relations of science to 

 agriculture and the mechanic arts. 



Its success was attested by the comments of competent judges and 

 real seekers after information, as well as by the awards granted by 

 the several juries. Exclusive of those granted to collaborators, there 

 were one hundred and thirty-five awards made to the exhibit, includ- 

 ing twenty-four grand prizes, forty-one gold, thirty-five silver, and 

 thirt} T -five bronze medals. 



