Purdue debris . f-^31?/ Agriculture of Purdue University,has been more rapid in th, pastyear than in any prececHn;^ it. Thehard and conscientious eftoris ofits Instructors to show th. farmersof this state tlie \alue of an agri-cultural education, are beginning toshow their effect, fids year fifty-two farmers boys have been sent or have come (if their ownaccord to learn the scientific,yet practical,way of farnnng. Thisis the largest class of Freshmen the school has ever had. There have been enrolled in the school, for the regularand special courses of study, o\er one hundred and sjventy-five yo
Purdue debris . f-^31?/ Agriculture of Purdue University,has been more rapid in th, pastyear than in any prececHn;^ it. Thehard and conscientious eftoris ofits Instructors to show th. farmersof this state tlie \alue of an agri-cultural education, are beginning toshow their effect, fids year fifty-two farmers boys have been sent or have come (if their ownaccord to learn the scientific,yet practical,way of farnnng. Thisis the largest class of Freshmen the school has ever had. There have been enrolled in the school, for the regularand special courses of study, o\er one hundred and sjventy-five young men and women. There have also been more than four hundred mat the school in the ?seyenty-fi\e thorsan(lege extension workf o r m c| u i t ea considerabb])art of the .Ag-riculture clas;of Indiana whoh a v e beentourbeil by iheinlhunce ot theschool. I )uring dieTntrrnalional atun)ast ye whoin the uid piai ia\e 1natur ictichese)een ;d farmers in:togelher witreached bv ll >t ;lrucle(l1 somele Col-^ 65 StDck I^xpdsilidii, 1k1(1 at Cliicaj^-o last Dccjinhcr, theAnimal 1 I iishamlrv I )(.|)artiiHnt (lenionstrated its ahilit\ tol)nKhK\ cliaiii])iiiiislii]> sU-rrs. Last yiar with White Mar-shall, a i^-radc shdrthnni, it defeated all in the colleg-e sectionwith the exce])ti(in ni the champion from Xebraska. This vearthree steers were taken iij) and i-ach received a prize evervtime it was ^hown. Mashhi^iit, a j^-rade shorthorn, wasdefeated only hy ClearLake jnte 11 from Min-iies :ta. Tile race be-tween tlu-Ne two steerswas >nch a close onethat llaslili|^hls defeat\\a>. afltr all, but \-erylittle less than a \ictor\.\\ hen it is )eredthat some of the Wes-tern (olle<4ts in tlvirAnimal I Insbandr\ I )e-parlmenls are ^njiposed\ last Jnl\, b\
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