EDITOKIAL. 711 



Throughout the last quarter centurj'^ of development, the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture has been in close cooperation with the Associa- 

 tion of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations 

 and the institutions represented in it. There has also been a constant 

 interchange between them. One secretary and three assistant secre- 

 taries have come from the agricultural colleges and experiment sta- 

 tions. Numerous subordinate officers, es23ecially in the scientiific 

 service, have been drawn from these institutions, where they have 

 received their special training. On the other hand, many Depart- 

 ment officers have gone into the faculties of the agricidtural colleges 

 and the staffs of the experiment stations. Constantly -increasing, 

 and in the aggregate large, amounts of Department funds have been 

 used in cooperation with the colleges and stations in a great variety 

 of enterprises. 



This is a natural and a happy condition, a recognition of the fact 

 that problems and principles are broader than institutions or men, 

 and that in their common effort for the advancement of agriculture 

 through investigation and demonstration the facilities of the 

 National Department and the state experiment stations supplement 

 each other. Each has shared in the other's progress and achieve- 

 ments, and the success and influence of the one can rarely be ade- 

 quately measured without recognition of the other. 



