History and Organization

• History: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station (MAFES) and the Mississippi State University Extension Service
  
  
• Morrill Act of 1862: Donating Lands for Colleges Of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
  
  
• Hatch Act of 1887: Establishing Agricultural Experiment Stations
  
  
• Experiment Station Act
  
  
• Second Morrill Act: Providing for the further endowment and support of Colleges of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
  
  
• Smith-Lever Act: Established cooperative extension work
  
  
• Over 100 Years of Progress: An Adobe PDF file (3.4 MB) of the first 112 years of MAFES. Requires version 4.0 or higher. Adobe Reader may be downloaded at no charge.
  
  
• Over 100 Years of Progress: A web based slide PowerPoint presentation of the first 112 years of MAFES. May require a later browser version if unviewable by your computer. Click on the MSUcares logo in the bottom left of each slide to return to this page.
  
  
• Over 100 Years of Progress: The actual PowerPoint presentation (8 MB) of the first 112 years of MAFES may be downloaded to your computer. This requires Microsoft's PowerPoint software to view and operate.