384 STATE BOARD OP AGRICULTURE 



old merely because it is familiar invites failure, and must sooner or later 

 be left behind by his more judicious neighbors. And it is a hopeful 

 sign that farmers are coming more and more to recognize the need of 

 studying their business, of bringing the energies of mind as well as of 

 body to bear upon their work. 



The scientist and the farmer are coming more closely in touch every 

 year. The scientist finds in the solution of the practical problems of 

 agriculture as broad and as fascinating fields for study as can be found 

 anywhere. And the ancient prejudice of the farmer against ''book farm- 

 ing" is slowly but surely disappearing. Agricultural science is as yet in 

 its infancy. What has already been done along this line is but the 

 foreshadowing of a new day when agriculture, divested of its load of 

 ignorance and superstition and resting on accurate, scientific knowledge, 

 shall take its right and proper place among both the sciences and the 

 professions. 



