Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges (7 U.S.C. 301-349). País/Territorio Estados Unidos de América Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1900 (1996) Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original United States Code - Title 7 - Agriculture. Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural Palabra clave Educación Desarrollo agrícola Extensión agrícola Área geográphica Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte Resumen This piece of legislation provides for the granting of a determined quantity of land and funds from the Federal Government to each State for the purpose of constructing and operating agricultural and mechanical colleges. The most relevant part of this Chapter is section 341 on agricultural extension work. In fact, this section provides that in order to aid in diffusing among the people of the United States useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, uses of solar energy with respect to agriculture, home economics, and rural energy, and to encourage the application of the same, agricultural colleges set up under this law may perform agricultural extension work in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture. The Federal Government will appropriate the necessary funds. Texto completo Inglés Página web uscode.house.gov