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University Farm to succeed Mr. G. J. Darling whose resignation 

 was effective at that time. 



LOOKING AHEAD 



In a growing State a College of Agriculture needs to grow — 

 must enlarge its usefulness or fail to serve the State as it should. 

 It may be assumed that the college teaching of agriculture will be 

 taken care of in connection with providing for the support of uni- 

 versity teaching. It seems necessary to emphasize the special 

 needs of the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Agricultural 

 Extension Service. 



THE agricultural experiment station 



The Experiment vStation is a group of trained investigators 

 organized to do research work. They study problems fundamental 

 to the agriculture of the State. When well organized and suitably 

 equipped, they are able to be of great service. They discover new 

 facts; they study agricultural crops and practices; they investigate 

 diseases of plants and animals ; they search for new crops adapted 

 to special regions ; they even develop new varieties of plants and 

 test their adaptation to particular sections of the State; and they 

 serve as a source of information regarding agriculture for the 

 farmers of the State. 



As the agriculture of the State becomes more varied, and as 

 new problems arise, it becomes necessary to provide additional re- 

 sources and employ additional men to meet the new demands. 

 The new department to investigate plant diseases is only one of 

 the several new departments needed. We have been giving atten- 

 tion to production problems. This is not enough. Attention 

 needs to be given to the problems of management. We need a 

 department of Farm Management. Attention needs to be given 

 to the problems of marketing. We need to study our own mar- 

 keting problems and practices. This means that early provision 

 should be made for a Department of Farm Marketing. When 

 these needs are appreciated, it is certain that the Legislature will 

 provide the necessary funds. 



THE EXTENSION service 



It is only within the past ten years that the Extension Service 

 has become the publicity agency of the College of Agriculture, 

 The disappearing custom was for the College and Experiment Sta- 

 tion to have more direct contacts with the farmers and their 

 problems. There were advantages in the old method. But the 



