Table of Contents: The Beginnings: 1886-1900; Two Strands of Development: 1900-1918; The Explosive Years: 1918-1928; The Jesness Era: 1928-1957; New Faces and New Approaches: 1957-1971; Maturity Without Stagnation: 1971-1979; Minnesota as a Microcosm of the Profession; University of Minnesota Faculty in Agricultural Economics, 1930-1979; Recipients of Graduate Degrees with Majors in Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, 1914-1979; Course Offerings in Farm Management and Agricultural Economics, 1930-1932; Course Offerings in Agricultural Economics, 1952-1953; Course Offerings in the Department of Agricultural Economics, 1959-1960; Course Offerings in the Department of Agricultural Economics, 1969-1970; Course Offerings in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1978-1979; A Suggested Second Ph.D. Track for Students with a Policy Orientation; Administrative Leadership in Agricultural Economics, 1909-1979; Mambers of the Faculty, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 1979