Abstract:
The past three-year period at MSU has seen the blossoming of an educational idea that began in 1855, when the first Michigan Agricultural College students labored daily in the fields. It was a two-fold experience: while they helped to build the first land-grant college in the U.S., they were, at the same time, attending classes in practical agriculture. Student labor in experimental plots, animal barns, and greenhouses was required until the early 1900's.
Keywords:
internship, practical agriculture