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those that have been done at home, I am pjlad to say, but those that 

 come from the hands of other people, I feel that the business of 

 washing and ironing would stand some little inspection. Now my 

 friends, I believe there is no reason why, just because you and I 

 are beyond the school age, just because we have passed certain mile- 

 stones in life, that the doors of the public schools should be closed 

 to you and me. I believe you will agree with me that we know now 

 the value of an education better than we did in the days when we 

 were receiving the education and training that the school offers. I 

 see no reason why the expensive school plant, which is the property 

 of the public, should be closed so many hours in the day, so many 

 days in the week, so many weeks in the year, or why it should be 

 closed to those who have passed beyond a certain age. I am glad 

 to say that we have been able to find some way in which the school 

 plant could be of more service to the entire community in these 

 agricultural schools. 



This particular slide represents only one particular phase of the 

 increased service that these schools attempt to give. You will notice 

 on the next to the top shelf and the shelf just below that there are 

 bulletins issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, 

 by our own Department here and by our own State College Experi- 

 ment Station, all classified and on file ready for instant use by any 

 farmer served by that school whenever he wishes to ask for it. 

 This slide explains itself. In many of our agricultural schools, par- 

 ticularly those that have been established for at least a year, we are 

 conducting what we are pleased to call farmers' night schools and 

 night schools for farmers' wives. These have been very successful. 

 This slide represents a group of farmers in attendance at one of 

 these night schools in one of the small agricultural schools. I em- 

 phasize the fact that this is a small school, because I wish to show 

 that, even though the school may be small, if it has the proper facili- 

 ties, the teaching force and equipment, it can serve a large com^ 

 munity. In this particular night school there were ninety-six farm- 

 ers enrolled. The evening on which the photograph was taken was a 

 very rainy evening; the roads were almost impassible, but there were 

 ninety-six farmers enrolled in the night school. The ni<Tht school 

 wound up with a two days' farmers' institute, I think they called it 

 in that particular case, and I wish to say here that the State Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and State College have been co-operating most 

 splendidly with our leaders in these agricultural high schools. I 

 believe it is the beginning of a better day, as far as co-operation be- 

 tween agricultural agencies in this State is concerned. 



I believe that one of the biggest opportunities of the day, as far as 

 agricultural development in Pennsylvania is concerned, is the oppor- 

 tunity of bringing about a closer articulation between the agricul- 

 tural agencies of the State in order that they may work in closer 

 harmony. It will be a great day for Pennsylvania when some man 

 works that problem out; it will be a great day for every agricul- 

 tural force in the State, my friends. We are beginning along that 

 line in these agricultural schools. The men of the State Board of 

 Agriculture and farmers' institute speakers come to our agricultural 

 high schools and deliver addresses. State College sends its men 

 there. This illustrates the way in which the school sometimes recip- 



