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instruction throughout the State by means of schools, lectures 

 and other university extension methods, or otherwise, and in 

 conducting inv^estigations and experiments ; in discovering the 

 diseases of plants and remedies ; in ascertaining the best method 

 of fertilization of fields, gardensand plantations; and best modes 

 of tillage and farm management and improvement of live stock ; 

 and in printing leaflets and disseminating agricultural knowledge 

 by means of lectures or otherwise ; and in preparing and print- 

 ing for free distribution the results of such investigations and 

 experiments ; and for republishing such bulletins as may be 

 useful in the furtherance of the work ; and such other informa- 

 tion as may be deemed desirable and profitable in promoting the 

 agricultural interests of the State. Such college of agriculture 

 may, with the consent and approval of the commissioner of agri- 

 culture, employ teachers and experts and necessary clerical help 

 to assist in carrying out the purposes of this bill." 



Every capable judge is pronounced in his conviction that the 

 many agencies — as institutes, bulletins, rural press, experiments, 

 etc. — which have been prosecuted in the farmer's interest during 

 recent years, and in many States, have had a wonderful effect in 

 educating the farmer and in improving agriculture. 



I. P. Roberts, 



Director. 



