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The same system of taking the students on visits to the 

 "best vegetable, fruit and flower gardens of the county obtains 

 in regard to the instruction in these subjects. 



Machinery and tools seem largely supplied to the schools 

 by makers for advertising purposes. 



Indeed one of the most interesting facts in respect to agri- 

 cultural education throughout the United States is the manner 

 in which farmers and machinery makers and store keepers co- 

 operate in the work by allowing inspection of their stock and 

 premises, by the offering of prizes for judging competitions, 

 and the supply of machinery and samples gratis to schools and 

 colleges. 



Many students of the Dunn County School have found it 

 possible to earn money for themselves during the time they 

 attend the school by making useful articles in the carpenters' 

 shops, &c. This is encouraged by the authorities. 



The useful and practical side of the knowledge and training 

 given is most emphasised. At every point the school is made 

 to co-operate with the farm, the workshop, the dairy and the 

 Taome. The manual training courses are stated to be far more 

 practical and useful than is usually the case in such courses. 

 Nearly all the time of the classes is engaged in making articles 

 of use on the farm, in the home, in the school, and in the 

 workshop. The same feature of useful and practical training 

 prevails in domestic economy, plant life, farm accounts, study 

 ■of soils, poultry, &c, &c. 



Other Secondary Agricultural Schools. 



Other secondary agricultural schools in the United States 

 are to be found in Alabama, which possesses nine, one in each 

 Congressional district, supported by State and local funds. 



The California Polytechnic School at San Luis Obiopo is 

 a State institution established under an Act of March 8, 

 1901. Agriculture, science, and mechanics are the main lines 

 of instruction in this school, which consists of two large build- 

 ings on a farm of 280 acres. 



There is also a Roman Catholic secondary school at Ruther- 

 ford, Napa County, California. 



Connecticut, Indiana, and Massachusetts have each one school 

 of this class, the latter being that at Mount Hermon, founded by 



