PROCEEDINGS OP SECTION K. 689 



The diploma of the Agricultural College should be the basis of 

 entrance to each school. It would be a guarantee of a sound 

 general knowledge of the principle and practice of agriculture in 

 its widest sense. 



The school of irrigation would be more associated with the 

 schools of engineering and physics. 



Looking forward, the signs of the tiroes seem to indicate that 

 sewage disposal, and sewage farms, will occupy world-wide atten- 

 tion. There seems to be no doubt but that every centre of 

 population will, by legislative action, be forced to adopt some 

 modern method for the disposal of its sewage. At present it is 

 often discharged into rivers and creeks, polluting them, while at 

 the same time much fertilizing matter is lost to the district and to 

 the State. Sewage farming is another phase of agricultural 

 education associated with the engineering school, since the m.ain 

 mission is to dispose of the sewage at the cheapest cost. The 

 sewage farm is simply an adjunct to the scheme, instituted to 

 dispose of the sewage with advantage. Even though the farm may 

 not pay directly, it' does indirectly. 



The founding of distinct schools of agriculture at the University 

 or at the Agricultural College, if affiliated with the University, 

 would give great opportunities for splendid research work and the 

 establishment of post-graduate courses tiiat will give opportunities 

 of supplying the demand for specialists in every phase of agricul- 

 tural activity. 



The school of Biology offers a splendid sphere of research work 

 for its best students. The problem of the successful transport of 

 fresh fruit to distant countries alone may bring forth results that 

 would revolutionize the fruit-growing industry of the Common- 

 wealth, and bring untold wealth to its people. 



In connexion with the suggestion that scholarships be given to 

 post-graduates of the degree course, I would like to point out that 

 one of the drawbacks to the selection of the right men for scholar- 

 ships is the competitive examination. The man witli a good 

 memory is sometimes more successful in such examinations than is 

 the thinker and the mechanical genius. Hence the temperament 

 of the student, his constructive powers, his versatility of thouglit, 

 and his tenacity of purpose should be taken into consideration m 

 conjunction with his scientific attainments. These and other 

 scholarship men should be encouraged to rise to the professional 

 status or become directors of important research and experimental 

 stations. To encourage such men they should be paid a definite 

 and sufficient salary, in order that they may live, and not merely 

 exist. They should have the opportunity o"f mixing socially with 

 their fellov/s, and enjoying the privileges that civilization demands, 

 as such give colour to life. Otherwise these men become unrecog- 

 nised . drudges, who are passed over when important positions are 

 available, m favour of men who have more mvior faire. 



