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American Agriculture. 



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4,000,000 cattle. Victoria, in the same year — the best in her agricul- 

 tural history— produced 58,000,000 bushels of wheat, 1,000,000 bushels 

 of maize, and 8,000,000 bushels of oats. Her production compared with 

 Kansas was trifling, and yet Kansas, thirty years ago, was regarded as 

 beyond the safe limit of cultivation. It was related that, ^ years ago, 

 prairie waggons used to start from the east coast with a legend " Kansas 

 or Bust " painted on the side. On the return journey the waggons were 

 content to put the simple slogan " Busted " on their sides. 



Kansas now had over 2,000 students attending her Agricultural 

 College. The total number at present in Victorian colleges was less 



Method of Irrigating Sugar Beets in Colorado. 



than 100. Kansas spent £200,000 on her agricultural college last year, 

 while the total expenditure on agricultural education on the colleges in 

 Victoria was less than £20,000, 



Agricultural Education a Matter of Public Concern. 



If the development of agriculture were merely the concern of the 

 farmers, we might leave them to provide for it themselves, or let matters 

 rest as they are. But in the final analysis the development of agriculture 

 is a public question. Our expenditure on the war has already assumed 

 large and oppressive dimensions. The interest on the increasing loans 

 will have to be met, and the loan must ultimately be redeemed. We must 



