10 Sept.. 1918.] 



Agriculture in America. 



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For the financial year 1917-18, the Act provided for an expenditure 

 from Federal funds' of 1,094,000 dollars (£230,000), increasing to 

 4,317,000 dollars (£900,000) annually from 1927. This money will be 

 used for two purposes — 



(1) The cost of training teachers for vocational work. 



(2) The payment of salaries of teachers of vocational work. 



The aim of the Bill is to initiate a plan of agricultural education of 

 secondary grade. In doing this, the expenditure of Federal funds has 

 been amply safeguarded, and the autonomy of the States has been en- 

 tirely preserved. 



The conditions under which grants are made are that — 



(1) All schools receiving Federal aid must he under public 



supervision or control. 



(2) The controlling purpose of the Act is to provide education 



which will provide useful employment. 



(3) The instruction given under the Act must be of secondary 



grade. 



(4) Federal money must be matched, dollar for dollar, by State 



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•'Home Project." — Care of two brood sows. 



The Far=sighted Policy of the Federal Government. 



The Federal Government, under the Land Grant Act of 1862. 

 donated large tracts of land to the States for the creation of the agricul- 

 tural colleges. Under the Morril Act, Congress voted 50,000 dollars 

 (£10,500) per lannum for the maintenance of the instruction work in 

 each of the 48 State agricultural colleges. 



Under the Hatch Act and the Xelson Amendment, the Federal 

 Government appropriated 30,000 dollars (£6,250) per annum for the 

 maintenance of each State experiment station to carry out investigations 

 and research work in agriculture. 



Under the Smith-Lever Act, Congress appropriated sums which in 

 1923 will reach 4,580,000 dollars (£950,000) annually for publicity 



