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THE NEXT GREAT ADVANCE. 



Interstate normal schools of agriculture for institute workers is 

 the next great advance that the institute movement is destined to 

 secure. When this is had, then the great need of the institute move- 

 ment will be supplied. The need for means for equipping a large 

 number of capable and enthusiastic men and women who shall carry 

 the news of a better agriculture to farming people. When such in- 

 stitutions are established, many problems that now retard the pro- 

 gress and development of country life will speedily and satisfactorily 

 be solved. 



SUGGESTED GROUPING OF STATES AND TERRITORIES FOR NOR- 

 MAL. AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL, PURPOSES. 



Groups. 



Group 1. 



Maine 



New Hampshire 14 



Vermont 26 



Massachusetts, 



Rhode Island, 1 



Connecticut, 21 



Total 



Group 2. 



New York 



New Jersey, 



Pennsylvania 58 



Delaware 19 



Maryland 7 



Ohio 29 



Total 217 



Group 3. 



Virginia 3 



West Virginia 16 



North Carolina, 



Tennessee 



Kentucky 11 



Missouri 



Total 76_ 



Group 4. 



South Carolina, 12 



Georgia 8 



Florida 22 



Alabama 11 



Mississippi 



Louisiana, 



Arkansas, 



Total 81_ 



Group 5. 



Indiana 39 



Illinois 84 



Michigan 



Wisconsin 



Minnesota 



Iowa 



Total, 255 



243,063 

 118,948 

 138,830 

 165,515 

 25,713 

 119,003 



811,072 



262 



118 

 55 

 97 

 96 

 119 

 115 



1,010,376 

 160, 111 



1,077,661 

 45,260 

 230,480, 



1,237,790 



3,761,678 



867,758 

 487,070 

 1,145,755 

 1,135,585 

 1,153,032 

 1,340,079 



600 ! 6,129,279 



41 

 137 

 45 

 66 

 75 

 59 

 75 



759,959 

 1,077,136 



187, 989 

 1,060,644 

 1,075,030 



554,031 



870,878 



498 | 5,585,667 



103 

 83 

 73 

 85 



100 



973,870 



1,219,852 



993,342 



825,278 



779,470 



1,037,811 



5,727,823 



