The Federal Government in American EducationUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1927 - 348 pages |
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35 Cong 39th Congress 62 Cong Act of July administration agri agricultural colleges Alaska annual appropriation Annual Report bill Bureau of Education Commissioner of Education common schools Congress Congressional cooperation cultural Department of Agriculture divisions educa Education Bulletin Washington Enabling Act ended June 30 establishment extension farm farmers Federal Board Federal Government Federal Land Grants funds Globe grants for education Hatch Act Hoke Smith home economics House Report Ibid industrial institutions instruction interest John Cleves Symmes June 30 land grant colleges leges legislature mechanic arts ment Mexico N.E.A. Proceedings National Office Ohio Orfield organization proceeds promotion public land Purnell Act purpose received Record saline lands scrip Second Morrill Act Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Interior section 16 Senate sess statistics Statutes at Large surveys teachers territory tion tional township Treasury United States Bureau United States Department vocational education Wisconsin XXVI XXXIV Yearbook Dept York
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Page 46 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Page 57 - ... effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States as may in each case be deemed advisable, having due regard to the varying conditions and needs of the respective States or...
Page 119 - That in order to aid in acquiring and diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects connected with agriculture, and to promote scientific investigation and experiment respecting the principles and applications of agricultural science...
Page 56 - That it shall be the object and duty of said experiment stations to conduct original researches or verify experiments on the physiology of plants and animals; the diseases to which they are severally subject, with the remedies for the same; the chemical composition of useful plants at their different stages of growth; the comparative advantages of rotative cropping as pursued under a varying series of crops; the capacity of new plants or trees for acclimation; the analysis of soils and water; the...
Page 151 - Education to make, or cause to have made studies, investigations, and reports, with particular reference to their use in aiding the States in the establishment of vocational schools and classes and in giving instruction in agriculture, trades and industries, commerce and commercial pursuits, and home economics.
Page 72 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretense whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation, or repair of any building or buildings.
Page 74 - Fourth. An annual report shall be made regarding the progress of each college, recording any improvements and experiments made, with their cost and results, and such other matters, including State industrial and economical statistics, as may be supposed useful...
Page 60 - ... comparative effects on crops of different kinds; the adaptation and value of grasses and forage plants; the composition and digestibility of the different kinds of food for domestic animals; the scientific and economic questions involved in the production of butter and cheese; and such other researches or experiments bearing directly on the agricultural industry of the United States...
Page 61 - ... the establishment and maintenance of a permanent and effective agricultural industry of the United States, including researches basic to the problems of agriculture in its broadest aspects, and such investigations as have for their purpose the development and improvement of the rural home and rural life...
Page 77 - Interior, regarding the condition and progress of each college, including statistical information in relation to its receipts and expenditures, its library, the number of its students and professors, and also as to any improvements and experiments made under the direction of any experiment stations attached to said colleges, with their costs and results, and such other industrial and economical statistics as may be regarded as useful...