128 TKANSACTIONS OF STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



in the development of a department of animal industry and dairy hus- 

 bandry have we come to a point where the establishment of some form 

 of experimental plant is no longer to be avoided. The means, however, 

 fail, except for some slender beginnings. It is to be hoped, further- 

 more, that in the near future provision may be made whereby schools 

 of practice in all branches of agriculture may be founded, at which, 

 under direction of the College of Agriculture, those not fitted for the 

 higher courses of agricultural instruction and research, or not desiring 

 them, may, during limited periods of precept and demonstration, learn 

 the practical operations which will fit them for actual work according 

 to most approved methods. It is indeed worthy of consideration whether 

 the school recently provided for by legislative grant at San Luis Obispo 

 cannot be given in whole or part such a form. 

 Berkeley, April 29, 1901. 



