OCCUPATIONS OF FORMER STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF 



AGRICULTURE 



Of the total number of living former students who were not at that 

 time in school and whose occupation could be learned, 71 per cent, were 

 in some form of farm work, 20 per cent, were in some form of agricul- 

 tural education work, or a total of 91 per cent, were either farming or 

 pursuing some line of work directly allied to agriculture. Certainly it 

 cannot be maintained that the New York State College of Agriculture 

 educates away from the farm. Moreover, the tendency toward the farm 

 is strongly increased. It is very doubtful whether any other type of 

 professional or technical college could show a larger percentage of 

 graduates and former students who are following the profession for 

 which they prepared. 



All of our agricultural colleges, particularly those connected with 

 Universities, are influencing a very large percentage of their students to 

 pursue practical agricultural work. Of the 206 graduates of the Illinois 

 College of Agriculture, 113 are actually on farms and 82 in some other 



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