

CONTENTS. 



HISTORICAL. 



Agricultural Education in Europe, .... 5 



Timer's School, ...... 6 



Pestalozzi's System of Combining Manual Labor and Study, 7 



Kecent Progress of Agricultural Educational Institutions, . 8 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA, ... 9 



Agricultural Education in New York, ... 9 



Michigan Massachusetts Maryland, ... 11 



Iowa ^Minnesota Illinois Ohio Agricultural Professorship, 12 



THE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE OF PENNSYLVANIA, . . . 13 



Agricultural Societies in Pennsylvania, . . . 13 



Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society, ... 13 



Origin of Agricultural Education, ... 13 



Kind of Agricultural Schools Wanted, . . . 14 



Origin of the State Agricultural Society, . . 15 



An Agricultural School, ..... 16 



The Farmers High School of Pennsylvania, . . 16 



Act of Incorporation, . . . . . 17 



Report on Plan-of Organizing a School, ... 18 



A Call for Offers of a Site for the School, . . . 19 



An Offer of a Site by Judge Miles, ... 20 



Meeting of the Executive Board, . . . . 23 



Organization of the Board of Trustees, ... 24 



Sites Offered, . ... . . . 24 



Report of Committee to Examine Sites, ... $5 



Final Vote on the Location of the School, ... 27 



Solicitation of aid from the State, .... 28 



Plans for College Buildings, .... 28 



Contract to Erect College Buildings, ... 28 



First Annual Meeting of Delegates, ... 28 



Appropriation by the State Legislature, ... 29 



A Large Meeting of Delegates, .... 30 



Financial Difficulties, ..... 33 



Contractor unable to fulfil his Contract, ... 34 



Embarrassment of the Board, .... 35 



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