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become farmers, nor is it desirable that they should. The 

 broad term &quot;technical education,&quot; comprises all the leading 

 industries. It means the acquisition of skill, as well as theoret 

 ical knowledge, in whatever pursuit the student may choose. 



The provisions made by the national and State governments 

 for this training in all our leading industries, will be consid 

 ered in the following chapter. 



CHAPTEK XXTI. 



HIGHER AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



&quot; The nation most quickly promoting the intellectual development of its industrial popula 

 tion must advance as surely as the country neglecting it must inevitably retrogade.&quot; Liebig. 



&quot; The time is not far distant when science and manipulative skill must be joined together. 

 Humboldt. 



How PEOVIDED FOB BY FOEEIGN GOVEBNMENTS: FEANCE: GEEMANY: KUSSIA 

 BEGINNINGS IN THE UNITED STATES THE CONGBESSIONAL GEANT EVASIONS 

 AND PEEVEESIONS AN EXAMPLE OF GOOD FAITH THE BECOED OF CALI- 



FOENIA. 



IN THE educational system of the future, attention will be 

 specially directed to the technical element, since this alone can 

 train each portion of the community to the full enjoyment of its 

 resources, and bring to it an intelligent appreciation of its 

 duties. It is the only training which will enable a man &quot;to 

 do cleverly what he undertakes, suiting his actions to his pur 

 pose, and his living to his means.&quot; 



It would be a most interesting and profitable task to review 

 the immense progress which has already been made in Europe, 

 in the special science and art schools; but we must confine our 

 selves to the subject of agricultural education, and look for our 

 modes in those countries where the art of agriculture is the 

 most highly developed and completely systematized. 



We find, according to a report from the French Minister of 

 Agriculture, made last year to our Bureau at &quot;Washington, that 

 the French system of agricultural education embraces three 

 classes of schools : First, a central university or agronomic in 

 stitute ; next, three intermediate or high schools, called regional 

 schools, from their special adaptation to the needs of the 

 northern, western, and southern portions of the empire. I 

 quote, as models for our imitation in California : 



