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(8) extension Avork, but that these shoiihl be separately and distinctly 

 organized and adequately provided for. There is no advantage in 

 mixing the three lines, and the day of the combination of teacher, 

 investigator, institute worker, and popular writer is happily passing. 



W. R. Dodson presented a consensus of opinion of station directors, 

 showing a general approval of and tendency toward a rather sharp 

 differentiation of investigation and instruction in all forms, although 

 it is considered well for station men to do a limited amount of teach- 

 ing and popular w^ork in their special lines. Research only should 

 be done under Federal funds, while extension work should be pro- 

 vided for by State funds, and the organization may be adjusted on 

 this basis. 



W. H. Jordan thought stations should be feeders and supply ma- 

 terial for instruction, but that the efficient station worker can not 

 engage to anj^ large extent in popular work. There should be sepa- 

 rate agencies for popular work. 



E. D. Ball thought the combination college and station man still 

 a necessity in some stations, but that certain lines of work are better 

 suited to the mixed function than others. 



L. G. Carpenter thought it was mainly a question of how far the 

 ideal can be attained. There are at present many difficulties of or- 

 ganization to be overcome in certain institutions, particularly in the 

 far West, where a wider scope is required under present conditions. 



H. P. Armsby emphasized the fact that to secure the highest effi- 

 ciency in research the conditions must be kept favorable to creative 

 work. Station men must have opportunity to incubate ideas as well 

 as to put them into execution. 



J. L. Hills had found that conditions for research work may be 

 improved by concentrating the various lines of work in different 

 periods of the year. 



C. D. Woods thought research should be strictly divorced from in- 

 struction and limited to a few of the most important problems. 



E. A. Burnett believed in a separate force for publicity work and 

 a limited number of lines of investigation. 



F. B. Linfield considered a clear differentiation an ideal to be 

 worked toward as fast as conditions would permit, but thought that 

 this ideal is not at present attainable in some of the newer States. 



E. D. Sanderson favored Federal appropriation for extension Avork. 



The topics selected for discussion by the section at the next con- 

 vention were (1) The Relation of Problems in Irrigation, Drainage, 

 and Engineering, and (2) The Relation of Station Directors to Other 

 Members of the Staff. The programme committee was authorized 

 to change the first topic if in its judgment this should for any reason 

 become desirable. 



