. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. A portion of the plant Breeding grounds with farm crops, showing some of the work with clovers, grasses and wheat. The P'armers" Institutes of were organ- ized by Dr. ilills in 1885. The entire arrangements for these meetings throughout Ontario were carried out at the Ontario Agricultural College for a period of ten years. After that time the Provincial In- .stitiites were placed under the supervision of a sepa- rate head and at a later date the headquarters of the Institutes' Branch
. Canadian journal of agricultural science. Agricultural Institute of Canada; Agriculture. A portion of the plant Breeding grounds with farm crops, showing some of the work with clovers, grasses and wheat. The P'armers" Institutes of were organ- ized by Dr. ilills in 1885. The entire arrangements for these meetings throughout Ontario were carried out at the Ontario Agricultural College for a period of ten years. After that time the Provincial In- .stitiites were placed under the supervision of a sepa- rate head and at a later date the headquarters of the Institutes' Branch were moved to the Agricul- tural Department. Parliament Buildings. Toronto. After twenty-six years" experience in having the headquarters of this branch of extension work sepa- rated from tlie College, it is now understood that the present Government intends to return to the former policy and again establish the headquarters of the Institute work at the College and make this a part of a complete extension department of the Institution. Although the Ontario Agricultural College has always prided itself in giving a general as well as a specialized agricultural education, it is gradually be- coming more complete and more tliorough in this i-espect and it is expected it \\"ill soon reach a greater state of perfection than ever along the lines of teaching, research, and extension work. Mr. C. D. , Specialist in Agricultural Edu- cation for the United States, made the following statements in 1920:—"In this country most of the colleges are organized into three distinct divisions: namely, resident teaching, extension teaching, ami research. It is the belief tiiat the workers in these respective fields should be associated ver>- closely, and that, to a very limited extent, participation in two or more lines of activity is ;" "There is a feeling that tliere should be in each department one or more persons whose intere
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