922 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



59,812; the number of students (white) in the four-year college courses 

 in agriculture, 2,638; in short and special courses, 3,885. There were 

 also 1,624 students in agriculture in the separate institutions for negroes. 

 With a few exceptions each of these colleges offers free tuition to resi- 

 dents of the state in which it is located. In the excepted cases scholar- 

 ships are open to promising and energetic students; and, in all, oppor- 

 tunities are found for some to earn part of their expenses by their own 

 labor. The expenses are from $125 to $300 for the school year. 





