THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 99 



GENERAL AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE. 



Report of Sub-Committee. 



We, your committee appointed to visit the various Agricul- 

 tural Colleges and to make comparative investigations of condi- 

 tions existing, beg leave to submit the following report : 



At our first meeting to give general consideration to the mat- 

 ter placed in our hands, it became evident that a close survey of 

 the work in other states must be made. 



We, therefore, have visited the following institutions : 



Iowa State College of Agriculture, Ames, Iowa. 



Nebraska State College of Agriculture, Lincoln, Neb. 



Minnesota State College of Agriculture, Minneapolis, Minn. 



Wisconsin State College of Agriculture, Madison, Wis. 



Michigan Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich. 



New York College of Agriculture — Cornell University, 

 Ithaca. 



New York State Experiment Station, Geneva, N. Y. 



Ohio State College of Agriculture, Columbus, O. 



The above list of institutions was selected to be visited as 

 being considered typical of the various ideas and methods of in- 

 struction and research which might be of most use in considering 

 our Illinois problem. 



At each institution visited an attempt was made, so far as 

 the time at our disposal permitted, first to make a general survey 

 of the buildings, equipment and financial resources, and of the 

 relative emphasis given the three different branches which must 

 necessarily be embraced in the activities of all such institutions 

 which properly fulfill their functions, namely, Teaching, Re- 

 search and Extension (that is the carrying to the people and the 

 putting in practical operation the results gathered through re- 

 search and experimentation) ; second, to ascertain further, by 

 discussion with the leading men of the institution visited, their 

 general policies, separating those arising through local conditions 

 from those of wider application. In every case we were shown 



