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THE FEDERAL LAWS RELATING TO STATE COLLEGES OF AGRICULTURE. 



In order to establish our college on a firm basis we are obliged 

 to accept the Federal grant toward the maintenance of such an 

 institution and must, therefore, comply with its requirement.^ 

 The Congressional act of 1862 establishing the so-called ''Land 

 grant Colleges," in section 4, reads, " . . . the moneys 

 shall be inviolably appropriated ... to the en- 

 dowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where 

 the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and 

 classical studies,, and including military tactics, to teach such 

 branches of learning as are related to agriculture and" the mechanic 

 arts in such manner as the legislature of the States may respec- 

 tively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical (the 

 italics are mine) education of the industrial classes in the several 

 pursuits and professions in life." 



Section i of t/.e 1890 Act for the further endowment of Agri- 

 cultural Collef^s, the so-called ''Second Morrill Act" reads in 

 part, ". . . twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only 

 to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English lan- 

 guage, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, nat- 

 ural and economic science, with special reference to their applica- 

 tions in the industries of life (italics mine) and to the facilities 

 of such instruction." 



Finally the "Nelson Amendment" to the "Adams Act" of 1906 

 reads in part, ". . . the annual sum to be paid thereafter to 

 each State and Territory shall be fifty thousand dollars, to be 

 applied only for the purposes of the agricultural colleges as de- 

 fined and limited" in the previous two acts. 



So far as can be seen therefore the various acts of Congress 

 do not limit the appropriations to higher institutions of learning, 

 nor are colleges defined as such specially. As to precedents of 

 practical schools of agriculture supported by these Federal funds 

 one needs but look at Kansas, so ably represented by Miss Reed 

 at the last Farmers' Institute meeting, Illinois, Connecticut, and 

 manv others. 



BEES AND LANTANA. 



The Lantana is included in a list of West India bee plants, 

 although in these islands bees do not appear to make use of this 

 source of honey supply. 



