Originally, education was only attainable through wealth, and established schools were limited to the teaching of language and religion, also known as classical education. However, this act changed the precedent and provided education at a reduced price to the middle and lower class American citizens. The education resulting from this act also met the demands of the growing and industrializing nation because it provided educated scientists and engineers to help reduce the growing deficit the country had experienced since its founding (Loss, C.). Many people have seized this opportunity and their success in land grant schools has significantly changed the way agriculture currently works. For example, it is common practice for today's farmers to take into account the effects that the environment, the rate of photosynthesis, respiration and water consumption have on the yield of their crops, but without the students who attended colleges for the grant of lands established by the Morrill Act, this information could only have been found many years later (Edmond). The trials the students witnessed in their studies were then used to provide a basic understanding of the different regions for which the crops and animals were best suited. For example, according to The Magnificent Charter, Arizona is better suited to growing winter wheat and sheep due to the arid environment. Students at land-grant universities also participated in agricultural progress during World War I, when food was found to be highly vitamin deficient. With slightly more funding from the government, the students were able to quickly broaden their scope of research and find ways to produce foods with more vitamins. More recently, in 1970, the United States was faced with a fungus infecting corn fields in many southeastern states. Fortunately, the Morrill Land Grant Act continued