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of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations, 

 the office of Experiment Stations of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, and the Bureau of Education of the Department of 

 the Interior. 



At the head of the system of agricultural education 

 stands the United States Department of Agriculture and the 

 agricultural experiment stations in the different states and 

 territories. Organized primarily with a reference to research, 

 both the department and the stations to a considerable extent 

 directly promote agricultural education, in the technical sense, 

 by giving instruction to students. This is done by opening 

 their laboratories to assistants, who participate in research 

 work while continuing their studies. 



The work of the Department of Agriculture along educa- 

 tional lines is rapidly increasing. Not only does It continue 

 to open its laboratories and libraries to officers of the agri- 

 cultural colleges and experiment stations who come here to 

 carry on special investigations, but its different bureaus, 

 offices and divisions are doing much to encourage all phases 

 of agricultural education throughout the country. 



The Weather Bureau is taking active part in public ed- 

 ucation along meteorological lines. The Bureau of Plant 

 Industry is aiding the movement by distributing to a large 

 number of schools special packages for planting and care 

 of school gardens. The Forest Service is reaching many 

 educators with literature, lantern slides and other illustrative 

 material concerning the conservation of the forest resources 

 of the country, and the Office of Public Roads is training 

 road engineers. 



The office of Experiment Station, however, is the general 

 agency of the Department of Agriculture in the promotion of 

 agricultural education. The work is organized into two 

 branches, one dealing with agricultural colleges and schools, 

 and the other with farmers' institutes and other forms of 

 extension work in agriculture. In relation to the work of the 

 farmers' institutes the office collects data respecting condi- 

 tions and progress of farmers' institutes in the United States 

 and Europe, prepares lecture courses of study for movable 

 schools of agriculture, conducts correspondence with persons 

 interested in agricultural education, visits educational institu- 



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