The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-15
WILL SPREAD
SCIENCE Of
AGRICULTURE
Secretary Wilson Tells Of Good
Work Being Done By the
Various Colleges
(By Leased Wire.)

Washington, d. c.. Mar. 14-fOr
The purpose OF stimulating more
wide spread interest in the STUDY Of
agriculture throughout the United
States, among the farming populations
and in the various colleges Secre-
tafy OF the department Of agriculture
James $. Wilson, has begun a cam
paign OF publicly. Already the de-
partment has sent out a great deal
Of literature bearing on the subject
in general waF It's efforts in the
future will be concentrated so as
TO actively interes. the farmers
through a series Of practical demon
strations, conducted at central sta
lions. Lectures at the various col
leges viii also be given at certain
times in The year. to which all those
interested III farming will be invited
AT present the American system OF
agricultural education has been
highly developed II includes a num-
Der III different classes Of institu-
tions, which, taken together, provide
all grades Of instruction, from graGu-
ate courses eadi1g to the Doctors de-
grees to nature study courses in The
Kindiargartens and primary schools.
These institutions iuclade depart
ments Of original research and grad
uate study In agriculture, agricul-
uiral colleges, secondary q ID ele-
men,ary institution lhe secondary
and elementary instruction is OF com
paratiyely recent development, but ii
is becoming an important factor in
American agricultural education. The
graduate and collegiate courses, on
the other hand, are we'll established
and cake rank with the best agricu-
ture courses IN the much older uni
yersities and colleges in Europe The
Institutions for instruction and re-
search in agriculture are brought to-
gether TO constitute a national sys-
TEN Of higher education in the scien-
ces and industries through the Asso-
citation Of American Agricultural col
deges and experiment stations the OIL
flee OF experiment station or the de-
partment Of agriculture, and he bu-
reau Of educa,ion department OF the
interior
At the head OF the system Of agri-
cultural education stands the United
States department. OF agriculture
and the agricultural experiment sea-
tions in the different states and ter
ritoriea Organize ltmarily with a
reference 10 research both the depart
ment and the stations to a consider
able eXtert directly promote agrcul-
| tural education In the technical sense
by giving instructions 10 students
From q recent enumeration, by the
tleI4rtment fagriculture, G7 col
leges were fou. 70 be organized I'M
der the acts of congress of July 2,
1862, August 30 1890, and March 4,
1907 by which government aid is eX-
| tended TO colleges IN 16 states sep
arate institutions are. maintained for
white and colored students, ard In Is
OF these, courses IN agriculture are
maintained. The only purely agricul-
tural college in the United States,
however is that in Massachusetts
Value of Colleges.
The aggregate value Of the perm
anent funds and equipment Of the
| land grants colleges and universities
in 1910 was S42,G64,039 farms and
ground Owned by Institutions, $15,136,
hDraries sA.136,7S9. live stock, Sf52,-
246; miscellaneous equipment, $6,-
H2S; buildings s5SSS9 1928; appara-
Jus 5000 9S9 machinery, S2,S03, $50:
65G,1iS making a grand total Of Sill,
HS2 GS7 The income Of three insti-
tutions exclusive of the funds receiv-
ed from Che United States totaled SIS.
0S2,S54.
The faculties of the lard grant in
stitution aggregated 5.755 persons,
and students membership last year
was 67,227 of which Cost were col
4 ored.
To this total must be added short
term students, and others mtercs ed
IN the work ard a large percentage oil
school children who are engaged for
portion Of each year III The elemen-
iarg agricultural studies III the com
mon schools