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that that qaestiou has been pretty well worked out, and that so far as the mere 

 question of adjustment of time is concerned the attempt has been to establish 

 ('qnity as between the college and the station ; but I believe it is also true that 

 in this matter two and two do not always make four. 1 am very sure tbat two 

 half men are not anywhere near equal to one whole man, and, going still fur- 

 ther, I think that four quarter men are worth very little. 



1 am very much gratified at the interest which has lieen manifested and the 

 spirit in which this suliject has been discussed. I believe it is a live subject. 

 1 believe that it is imperative now. if this experiment-station enterprise is to 

 reach large success, that there should be a reform ; that the tendency should be 

 in the other direction from what it now appears to be; that the sentiment and 

 policy of these institutions should be, as rapidly as conditions will allow, to dif- 

 ferentiate between the station and the school or college of agriculture, and to 

 have just what the Hatch Act calls for — a department of the college devoted to 

 research. We should work toward that just as fast as we can if we desire this 

 experiment-station enterpri.se to succeed, and I believe it is especially timely to 

 consider this now, in \iew of the hope that we have of an increase in the sta- 

 tion funds. If that comes, I believe the directors all over the country should 

 know that their colleagues will support them in an endeavor to secure a more 

 clean-cut organization of the experiment stations as distinct departments of 

 research. 



W. .7. Fraser. of Illinois. It seems to me it is of greater importance to have 

 the subdivision of the subject more minute than it is. to decide as to whether 

 a man is going to devote the most of his time to experiment-station or to col- 

 lege work. In the dairy department of the University of Illinois there are two 

 of us that are giving all of our time to dairy cattle — one to the subject of milk 

 and another to the subject of butter. In tlie animal husbandry department one 

 man devotes all of his time to swine, and I think he has done better work the 

 past year than if he were working either in the college or station in the whole 

 subject of animal husbandry. It seems to me that one of the best ways out of 

 the difficulty is to divide the subjects more minutely and have a man get nearer 

 to the bottom of his subject, both in the station and the college. I will say, 

 however, that the heads of departments in our institution do very little teach- 

 ing, but spend most of their time in investigation work. 



F. B. LiNFiELD, of Montana. There has been within the past few years a 

 very great increase in the number of men employed in the agricultural colleges 

 and experiment stations, and I believe that there are more men who are devot- 

 ing their whole time to investigation at the present time than ever before. The 

 tendency seems to be in the right direction. Without a certain amotint of help 

 from the station it is probable that in a great many cases the college would have 

 to cut off some of its departments : at the same time, without some help from 

 the other side, it is probable that that station would have to cut off several of 

 its departments. Some will say that is advisable. There are conditions, how- 

 ever, in which that would not be advisable, and the college and station may be 

 mutually heliiful. It is a good thing for an investigator to do a little teaching; 

 that has been conceded. I think there is a great deal in the thought that a good 

 teacher must be an investigator, Nvhether he does the work under the direction 

 of an experiment station or in some other way. Plow is the teacher or the 

 investigator to do the best work in this dual capacity? The plan which I have 

 thought about is the one suggested by Director Hills. In this division of the 

 agricultural field, which at present is going on so rapidly, such a division of 

 labor from one part of the year to another is a very easy possibility. 



H. P. Ar.msby. I have hastily computed the relative increase in the teachers 

 and the nonteachers on the station force, as shown by the official statistics of 



