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How has the Ontario Agricultural College contributed to Canadian education? What role has the college played in the development of agriculture since it was founded in 1874? This history of Canada's oldest agricultural college revolves around these two questions. It shows that the college's mandate has changed in its attempt to serve both education and agriculture. The Ontario Agricultural College was established to enshrine science in farming, but it also became the testing and extension arm of the provincial ministry of agriculture. Direct government control for ninety years pr

Agriculture --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Study and teaching (Higher) --- History. --- Ontario Agricultural College --- Ontario. --- University of Guelph --- University of Toronto --- Guelph (Ont.). --- O.A.C. --- OAC --- Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm --- Ontario School of Agriculture --- Toronto (Ont.). --- University of Guelph. --- University of Toronto.