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CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Federal Legislation for the Establishment of Agricultural and Industrial 



Colleges ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Statistics of Land-Grant Colleges in 1905 ... ... ... ... ... ... 6 



Experiment Stations in 1905 ... ... ... ... ... ... 7 



The American System of Agricultural Education... ... ... ... ... 8 



Agricultural Colleges and Schools ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 10 



Alabama College ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13 



Agricultural College of Illinois University ... ... ... ... ... 14 



„ Minnesota University ... ... ... ... 20 



Minnesota High School ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 



Wisconsin County Agricultural Schools ... ... ... ... ... 27 



Other Secondary Agricultural Schools ... ... ... ... ... 31 



Primary Schools 32 



Report of the Director of the Office of Experimental Stations on " Progress in 



Agricultural Education for the Year, 1 905- 1906 " ... ... ... ... 33 



Rural Schools 35 



Secondary Schools ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 41 



Primary Schools 45 



School Gardens ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 46 



Farmers' Institutes 47 



Report of the Secretary of Agriculture for 1906-07 51 



Appendix I. — Summary of Laws passed since 1905 with regard to Agricul- 

 tural Education 55 



Appendix II. — Legislation on behalf of Education in Agriculture by the State 



Legislatures in 1907 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 59 



