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facts. Every worker is helping somebody, and while doing this 

 he is contributing to what is known relating to the farm and to 

 the education of his associates. 



" Four hundred and ninety-six students have been admitted 

 to the department since 1897 for instruction as experts in our 

 several lines of work ; 259 of these still remain with us, not 

 less than 132 having passed into the classified service, 185 having 

 gone elsewhere to teach, to experiment or to demonstrate." 



The Weather Bureau of the Agricultural Department takes 

 an active part in public education on meteorological lines 

 through its officials at the various stations throughout the 

 country, and the Bureau of Plant Industry is aiding the school 

 garden movement by distributing packages of seeds with 

 directions how to use them. 



The office of experiment stations, however, is the general 

 agency for promoting agricultural education throughout the 

 United States and is constantly extending this side of its work, 

 special attention being given now to the proper graduation of 

 agricultural education from the primary or common schools up. 

 to the university courses. 



Agricultural Colleges and Schools. 



There are 65 agricultural colleges in the United States,, 

 organised under the Acts of Congress of July 2, 1862, and 

 August 30, 1890. 



The colleges of agriculture may be divided into three 

 classes : 



(1) Those offering only agricultural courses. 



(2) Those offering additional courses, especially in the 

 mechanical arts. 



(3) Those connected with universities. 



The only purely agricultural college in the United States is 

 that in Massachusetts. 



Agricultural and mechanical colleges exist in Alabama, 

 Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,. 

 Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, 

 New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, 

 Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennyslvania, Rhode Island, South Caro- 

 lina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. 



