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important to agriculture." While he was heartily in favor of the 

 men getting in touch with practical things, he was also in favor of the 

 necessary seclusion of the investigator. 



H. P. Armsby thought the question should be determined largely 

 by the individuality of the man. 



C. D. Woods thought the teacher would be benefited by engaging 

 in investigation, but he did not think that except in rare instances the 

 investigator was benefited by being taken away from investigation to 

 do routine teaching or extension work. 



R. W. Thatcher did not think it necessary or advisable for the 

 investigator to go out frequently among farmers in order to find out 

 what problems he must undertake. The investigator should not be 

 required to perform a threefold function. 



A. C. True thought the great difficulty in administering extension 

 work was the inadequacy of force and funds. Interior teaching, 

 exterior teaching, and research should be clearly differentiated. The 

 man who discovers a new truth is not necessarily the only one who 

 should be expected to disseminate it. 



The Adams fund investigations were discussed under the three- 

 fold head of personnel; scope, purpose, plans; and records and 

 reports, including publications. 



C. D. Woods thought the Adams fund investigator should be a 

 man who had done some independent research work, and had " abil- 

 ity to see problems " and to select and follow them to successful con- 

 clusion. The agricultural colleges are not now training many such 

 men. When the right kind of man has been found it is very im- 

 portant to hold him. Opportunity for successful work is often more 

 important than salary in doing this. 



F. B. Mumford emphasized the importance of the agricultural 

 colleges in encouraging research work by fellowshii^s and like means. 

 He thought it important that agricultural research should be done by 

 men trained in agricultural courses. At present the best men are 

 not always encouraged to go into advanced or research work, an opin- 

 ion shared by J. L. Hills. 



W. H. Jordan was of the opinion that the scarcity of trained men 

 has led to a false opinion that young men can step speedily out of 

 undergraduate work into important places. He believed some of the 

 experiment stations were just as competent to give a man postgrad 

 uate work and fit him for investigation as the universities if he is 

 the right sort of man. The stations must in many cases take inex- 

 perienced men and train them for the work. 



J. H. Skinner spoke of the difficulty of holding the better men in 

 investigation work because of higher salaries offered in other lines. 



