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science of agriculture who would adopt the results of this 

 and other like Stations on their farms, these would become, 

 as it were, demostration farms, new centers of instruction 

 where the community would see agricultural science applied 

 to practice. 



"The Congress of the United States and other legislative 

 bodies of the world ere long will have spent more than 

 $100,000,000.00 in agricultural research. Along other lines 

 much greater sums are being expended in University la- 

 boratories supported by our great industrial organizations, 

 and in prívate laboratories devoted to research and invention. 

 The much enlarged body of knowledge rapidly becoming 

 available in all locations has made necessary such organiza- 

 tions of our school system that the rising generation may 

 have the key to this knowledge/' (Extracted from speach of 

 Hon. Charles R. Davis). 



The question is, will Cuba make such provisión in her 

 educational system as that this fund of information collected 

 at an expense of $100.000,000.00, shall be available to the 

 people? It can only be done through the education of the 

 people. 



Such an institution as is here urged would exert a good 

 iufluence on the great mass of the people whom it is intended 

 to benefit. As people become enlightened and accumulate 

 property they stand for law and order, and no one can cal- 

 cúlate the influence that such an institution would exert on 

 the habits and lives of the people, especially of the. rural 

 communities. 



The educated farmer is looked up to by his neighbour, 

 but he in turn is a law abiding man and thus becomes an 

 example to his neigbors whose valué and influence cannot 

 be measured by dollars and cents. 



An agricultural college would not be an expensive 

 institution measured by the valué of the interests that it 

 would serve. It would need to be endowed so as to insure 

 its coutinuance, and to remove it from the exigencies of 



