CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTION 1 



CHAPTER I. 



Childhood and Education in America ... 6 



CHAPTER II. 



Life and Study in Europe 38 



CHAPTER III. 



New York State Agricultural Society: The 

 University of Albany : Yale Scientific School 80 



CHAPTER IV. 



Connecticut State Agricultural Society . . 104 



CHAPTER V. 



Sheffield Scientific School : ' ' How Crops Grow ' ' 132 



CHAPTER VI. 



Connecticut State Board of Agriculture . . 162 



CHAPTER VII. 



The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion 192 



CHAPTER VIII. 



Emeritus 257 



APPENDICES 269 



