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course of instruction, being more nearly allied to that of 

 ordinary literary colleges, and consequently having a less 

 scientific course, and in its not requiring manual labor 

 of each student upon the farm. 



IOWA. 



The Iowa State Agricultural College and Farm was incor- 

 porated in March, 1858, and some provisions were made 

 for the erection of college buildings, but the disturbed state 

 of the country has for some time suspended operations there. 



MINNESOTA. 



The Minnesota Agricultural College was incorporated in 

 1858, and located on a farm of 320 acres in Glen County, 

 but the buildings for a college have not yet been erected. 



ILLINOIS. 



The agitation in favor of Agricultural Colleges in Illinois 

 was commenced early by public-spirited men, and as early 

 as 1852 the Legislature was memorialized upon the sub- 

 ject. Repeated efforts have been made by the friends of 

 agriculture in the state, to induce the Legislature to found 

 an Agricultural College, yet nothing has been done by the 

 state. But private enterprise has succeeded in establish- 

 ing the embryo of an agricultural college near Chicago, 

 though it is languishing for that aid which every enlight- 

 ened state should confer upon agricultural education. 



OHIO. 



The State of Ohio has had the subject of agricultural 

 education before its Legislature at different times, but 

 nothing tangible has, so far as we know, resulted from its 

 action. A Farmers' College, with a few acres of land, has 

 been established by private enterprise near Cincinnati, but 

 its course of instruction does not differ essentially from 

 that of an ordinary literary college. 



AGRICULTURAL PROFESSORSHIP. 



In several of the Colleges and Universities of the United 

 States, Agricultural Chairs have been established. 



