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Already a field appears to be opening for the consulting agricultural 

 expert in well-to-do communities, to furnish expert advice on the lay- 

 ing out and management of estates and similar matters. 



The agricultural press has long recognized the advantages of agri- 

 cultural training, and now that the demand has grown upon it for more 

 advanced and technical information, men who have studied the science 

 as well as the art have become a practical necessity upon the editorial 

 staff. The introduction of such men has raised the grade of the agri- 

 cultural paper very materially. To better tit graduates for this work 

 one agricultural college has established during the past year a course 

 in agricultural journalism, which appears to be a timely departure. 



The widespread development of popular interest in agricultural 

 matters, in nature study, and in the country generally has opened a 

 considerable field to the agricultural writer outside the farm press. 

 This field is being supplied in a way, but it were infinitely better if 

 more of the popular writing on topics relating to agriculture were 

 done by men of some technical training in that subject, who could 

 more clearly see the bearing of things and more logically and truth- 

 fully interpret what they saw for the benefit of the trusting reader. 

 This will probably come in time. There is surely an important place 

 for the trained agricultural writer, both in popular and technical lines. 



The various branches of agriculture proper, such as general and 

 special farming, stock raising, dairying, fruit growing, market gar- 

 dening, floriculture, the nursery business, and the like afford all the 

 advantages to the educated man that they ever did, and men are going 

 from the agricultural colleges to these industries in increasing num- 

 bers. The fact that their agricultural education makes them more 

 intelligent, resourceful, and better farmers, and more progressive 

 men generally, is no longer a matter of question. Their neighbors 

 will watch for suggestions and come to them for advice when something 

 new turns up. 



These are only a few of the lines of industry in which agricultural 

 graduates now find an active demand for their services. Other 

 avenues will open — are opening every year, now that the meaning of 

 an agricultural education is becoming understood. Already it appeals 

 to a large constituency. It touches the life and the industries of the 

 people at so many points that new uses for the men who have elected 

 that course are bound to arise continually. There is always room for 

 those who wish to engage in the business side of agriculture. There 

 has been a restricted field, which is steadity expanding, for specialists 

 who desired to follow it professionally. To a large body of young men 

 who do not care to enter either of these fields the diploma of the agri- 

 cultural college is now a passport to remunerative employment in a 

 large number of diverse lines. 

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