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farm of two hundred acres, well cultivated, raising, already, 

 all kinds of fruits, grains, etc., common to the climate. Num 

 ber of students, five hundred and twenty-five; two hundred and 

 seven in the agricultural department. 



In Oregon, the Agricultural College has one hundred and 

 sixty-five students, with twenty-two in the Department of Ag 

 riculture and Mechanics. 



The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania has a very fine 

 college farm of three hundred acres, and three experimental 

 farms, each containing one hundred acres. The course of study 

 has been scientific, experimental, and practical. Number of 

 students, one hundred and fifty. 



The University of Wisconsin has five hundred and seventeen 

 students; ninety-three in the agricultural, and one hundred and 

 thirty -nine in the female college. 



From the foregoing, it would appear that the agricultural 

 colleges of the various States have been a success, when con 

 sideration is taken of the time they have been organized, and 

 the prejudice existing in many of our higher institutions of 

 learning, not only against labor, agricultural or mechanical, 

 but also against the establishment of agricultural colleges, as 

 such, in which the farmer and mechanic might receive a thor 

 oughly scientific and practical education for his calling. In 

 our opinion, the indisputable facts herein contained, from such 

 a source, should settle this question of success beyond contro 

 versy. As an example of good faith in the management, and 

 sound common sense in the application of the grant to its pur 

 poses, we quote from the Hand-Book of the Kansas State Agri 

 cultural College: 



1. We understand, the &quot;industrial classes&quot; to embrace all those 

 whose vocations or pursuits ordinarily require a greater exercise of 

 manual or mechanical, than of purely mental labor. It is impossi 

 ble to draw a sharply denned line between the industrial and pro 

 fessional classes, for every occupation demands both mental and 

 manual effort. But for the purpose of marking the general boun 

 daries, which in our opinion, should divide agricultural from other 

 colleges, we accept the recognized distinction between the mechanic 

 or industrial, and the liberal arts as given by Webster; the indus 

 trial arts are those in which the hands and body are more concerned 

 than the mind, the liberal arts are those in which the mind and imag 

 ination are chiefly concerned. 



2. While not necessarily ignoring other and minor objects, the 

 leading and controlling object of these institutions should be to 

 teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and 



