CHAPTER XXIX 

 DIRECTORIES 



THE farmer now secures his technical information from the colleges 

 and schools of agriculture and experiment stations in the different 

 states, territories, and provinces (directories given on the succeeding 

 pages) ; from the United States Department of Agriculture, at Wash- 

 ington ; from departments of agriculture at the capitals of the states, 

 territories, and provinces ; and from other public institutions. 



The number of agricultural and country-life societies is now very 

 great. A general directory of them is printed in Vol. IV of the 

 Cyclopedia of American Agriculture, and by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture ; and local lists may sometimes be secured 

 from the state departments of agriculture, and in the rural press. 



Some of the Institutions and Agencies making for a Better Rural Life 



1. Departments of Agriculture, national and state. 



2. Colleges of agriculture, one for each state, territory, or province. 



3. Agricultural experiment stations, in nearly all cases connected 

 with the colleges of agriculture. 



4. The public school system, into which agriculture is now being 

 incorporated. Normal schools, into many of which agriculture is 

 being introduced. 



5. Special separate schools of agriculture and household subjects. 



6. Special colleges, as veterinary and forestry institutions. 



7. Departments or courses of agriculture in general or old-line col- 

 leges and universities. 



8. Farmers' institutes, usually conducted by colleges of agriculture 

 or by boards or departments of agriculture. 



(The above institutions may engage in various forms of extension 

 work.) 



9. The agricultural press. 



559 



