AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION

This phase of education has received much attention, especially during recent years. Most of the agricultural states maintain schools of agriculture and all the State colleges and universities under State control, as well as many of the private colleges and universities have departments for training in agriculture. All phases of agricultural industry and theory are taught in these departments. The A ociation of American College: and Experiment Stations exercises general control and supervision of the instruction in the United States. The Government also maintains experiment stations in many parts of the continent and in the dependencies of the United States. Experiment stations are also carried on in most of the agricultural colleges and universities, and research and experiment carried on in these stations has resulted in great benefit to agriculture. Model farms are maintained, in many cases, in connection with the course of instruction, The United States Government contributes about $1,500,000 annually for the maintenance of experiment stations, of which there are about 70. Other count vies, especially, France and Great Britain have taken forward steps in promoting agricultural education. This work, which was delayed by the World War, was taken up vigorously at its close.