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sion of the practical, for the quality and quantity-of theoretical 

 instruction is nearly the same in both cases. And more than 

 all, the difference is in the spirit of the administrative or di 

 recting power of the institutions. 



The Agricultural College of Alabama has two hundred acres 

 of land, good college buildings and apparatus, one hundred 

 and three students, thirty -nine of whom are pursuing agricult 

 ural and mechanical studies. 



Arkansas Industrial University has a farm of one hundred 

 and sixty acres, and one hundred and eighty-three students, of 

 whom fifty are in the agricultural and mechanical course. 



Illinois Industrial University had in 1873 an experimental 

 farm of two hundred and thirteen, and a model farm of four 

 hundred and ten acres, with three hundred and eighty-one stu 

 dents males, three hundred and twenty-eight; females, fifty- 

 three. In agricultural course, sixty-eight; architectural, four; 

 chemical, fourteen; civil engineering, forty-five; commercial, 

 four; electric, eighty-four; horticultural, eleven; literature and 

 science, forty-four; mechanical engineering, thirty-three; mili 

 tary, fifteen; mining engineering, three; unassigned, forty-five. 



The Agricultural College of Indiana has a farm of one hun 

 dred and eighty-four acres. 



Iowa Agricultural College has a farm of seven hundred and 

 ten acres, devoted to nearly all kinds of fruits, shrubs, grains, 

 and stock, and has two hundred and sixty-five students. The 

 graduating class for 1872 contained twenty-six, of whom seven 

 teen were in the agricultural course. 



Kansas Agricultural College has two hundred and sixty acres, 

 devoted to nearly all kinds of fruits, grains, stock, etc., suited 

 to that latitude, with two hundred students under practical in 

 struction. 



Kentucky Agricultural College has two hundred and twenty- 

 five acres of land, with fine stock, fruit, etc., and two hundred 

 and seventeen students. Nineteen twentieths of all the labor 

 on the farm is done by the students, for which they receive pay. 

 Live stock on the farm is valued at five thousand dollars; crop 

 valuation, five thousand dollars. 



Maryland Agricultural College has a fine farm, animals, fruits, 

 grains, etc., and one hundred and forty-seven students. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College has three hundred and 

 eighty-four acres, upon which was raised, in 1873, lour hundred 



