irsiDB:^^: 



ABILITY, Business, what it consists of, 24S. 

 Agric'lture, Department of; law-changing, 

 rank of, 534. 



— Law-creating, 533. 



— Organization of, 535- 

 Agriculture in Common Schools, 5o, 553. 



— Beginnings of in the United States, 60. 



— Cornell University, helps for teachers 



of, 554- 



— Demand for it in rural districts, 64. 



— Demand for good teachers will finally get 



them, 65. 



— Desirability of special teachers, 65. 



— Development of the child's mind, 62. 



— Difficulty of getting good teachers, 65. 



— Does not include farm operations, 62. 



— Evidence of ability to be required of 



teachers, 65. 



— How to secure its immediate introduction 



in any district, 65. 



— Introduction likely to be resisted by advo- 



cates of other studies which must give 

 way, 67. 



— Instruction must be suited to age of 



pupils, 62. 



— Must be confined to study of nature, 62. 



— No text-book needed, 61. 



— Not wise to push it in advance of public 



sentiment, 66. 



— Progress of the work in the country, 61. 



— Proper compensation for special teachers, 



66. 



— Some educational questions involved, 64. 



— Some experience in California, 66. 



— Special teachers employed in Europe, 66. 



— Study delightful to children, 63. 



— Suitable teachers the first requisite, 63. 



— Tends to keep the boys on the farm, 61. 



— The best foundation on which to build a 



good farmer, 63. 



— Vagueness of the term, 61. 



— What is learned is never forgotten, 63. 



— What is meant by it, 60. 



— Will be had when the farmers demand 



it, 65. 



— Work in New York, 60, 553. 

 Agriculture ; not in danger, 26. 



— Short college courses in, 551. 



— Whether to be exploited or not, 26. 

 Agricultural Chemistry; not yet fully under- 

 stood, 70. 



Agricultural Colleges, 39. 



— Advantages of their connection with great 



universities, 30. 



— Also Colleges of Mechanics, 39. 



— Syndicates, 604. 



— Cost of maintaining, 40. 



— Course in as a preparation for farm work, 



41- 



— Educating boys away from the farm, 40. 



— Efltect of political influences, 47. 



— Erroneous opinions in regard to, 40. 



— Few students take full courses, 44. 



Agricultural Colleges, good instructors not 

 always good farm managers, 46. 



— Graduates of, 41. 



— Graduates not necessarily working fann- 



ers, 43. 



— Graduates professional men, 43. 



— Increasing demand for graduates, 44. 



— List of in U. S., 562. 



— Morrill Act donating land for, 539. 



— Morrill Act for endowment of, 541. 



— Office of, 40. 



— Nature of the course in, 42. 



— Result of insufficient revenue, 40. 



— Some graduates return to the farm, 



44. 



— Students generally poor, 44. 



— The original idea, 46. 



— Time required for graduation, 43. 



— Will do special work for farmers, 41. 

 Agricultural Documents; state and national, 



72, 561. 

 Agricultural Education; commercial view of 

 it, 44. 



— Higher; demands the full strength of the 



student, 46. 



— In foreign countries, 560. 



— The broader view of it, 44. 

 Agricultural Experiment Stations; list of in 



U. S., 562. 

 Agricultural Journals, 72. 



— Intricacy of questions with which they 



must deal, 73. 



— Limitations of usefulness, 72. 



— Must cater to those who supply their reve- 



nue, 72. 



— Not properly sustained by farmers, 73. 



— Sources of their information, 74. 



— Value of correspondence from practical 



farmers, 74. 



— What they do for the farmer, 74. 

 Agricullural Papers and Books, 69. 



— Schools, special, 51. 



— Synidcates, 604. 

 Aldrich Committee, 625. 



— Index tables of, 626. 

 Alliance, Farmers', 290. 

 Altruism, definition of, loi, 279. 



— Economic science does not deal with it, loi. 



— In cooperation, 279. 



— No man without it, 280. 

 Amusements; those in rural districts not al- 

 ways decorous, 96. 



Analysis of soils; its use and value in agri- 

 culture, 69. 



Antagonism, economic ; should not produce 

 enmity, 384. 



Appreciation of gold, and interest, 646. 



Arbitration in labor contests, 390. 



Atkinson, F. J., index table of silver prices 

 in India, 644. 



Audiences, popular; susceptible to emotional 

 oratory, lis. 



(651) 



