AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES AND EXTENSION WORK 43 



to teach the subject. The demand on many colleges for this kind 

 of work has become too great to be properly met by the regular 

 extension departments. To meet this situation special depart- 

 ments are being organized. These are usually known as depart- 

 ments of agricultural education. The following tabulation 

 shows the organization of these departments up to date: 



The agricultural colleges of Arkansas, Delaware, Maine, 

 Massachusetts, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South 

 Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin give courses 

 in education to their students who expect to become teachers. 

 The Agricultural College of Tennessee added a department of 

 agricultural education temporarily in 1908 for one year and 

 expects to re-establish it. A number of other colleges have signi- 

 fied their intention to establish departments of agricultural edu- 

 cation as soon as practicable. 



It will be seen from the above summary that most of these 

 new departments began their work in 1908 and 1909. This is 

 probably due, at least in part, to a provision of the Nelson amend- 

 ment of 1908 (26, 36, p. 5) whereby "said colleges may use a 

 portion of this money (referring to additional appropriation) 

 for providing courses for special preparation of instructors for 

 teaching the elements of agriculture and mechanic arts." 



Massachusetts in 1907 made a special appropriation of $5,000 

 for this work (36, p. 41 ). In addition to the regular instruction 



