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faults to be corrected once research work is entered upon, and much 
time is lost. Analytical work is an intellectual work, and it should be 
so regarded by those teaching it in our universities, but it should also 
be taught as a fine art in which correct technique counts largely in the 
value of the results. It seems to me that in the making of a good 
analyst it is just as important to pay attention to technique as it is 
in the training of the piano student who would later on hope to correctly 
interpret a Bach fugue or a Beethoven sonata. 
As to institutions in which this work is to be carried on, we have 
first, of course, the Dominion Experimental Farm system, and sec- 
ondarily, to some degree at least, the larger and better equipped of 
our Agricultural Colleges. If the work is to be restricted to these 
institutions it will be necessary to give them the means and men for 
the necessary development. There is a great deal of work ahead of 
us in this field. To the universities, I offer the consideration of 
establishing fellowships and post-graduate courses in agricultural 
science. This surely would not be impossible. There are many 
problems eminently suited to the conditions obtaining at several 
- of our larger universities, which could furnish subjects for post- 
graduate work. 
And I have also in mind the desirability of the establishment 
of a Canadian Institute of Agricultural Research, wherein the more 
abstract and difficult problems of agriculture could be patiently and 
uninterruptedly studied. Other countries have such institutions and 
the value of their work has amply justified the expenditure. It is a 
big project, but not too big for-Canada. Under the joint control of 
the Government and the universities such an institution could do a 
most valuable national work. The day will come, I think, when we 
shall favourably consider the establishment and endowment of such an 
institution. It would be a worthy object and a useful channel for 
the appropriation of public funds, unless it be, in the meantime, 
that it has attracted private benefaction. What more splendid 
memorial could be erected by those, who, having the means, wish 
to leave a legacy ever increasing in value to their country, one that 
in its assistance to our national industry, could forward the de- 
velopment and the welfare of the Dominion. 
