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In all these things there is an opportunity and duty for the Uni- 

 versity to assist by its studies and discoveries. The time has gone by 

 when the farmer looks with contempt upon the Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station. The Agricultural Experiment Station will have to 

 widen its activities to include some economic and social aspects, and 

 it will probably find it advantageous to change the direction of its 

 studies in connection with fertility so as to add to them investigations 

 in plant life that will enable us to get more healthy plant products 

 and more of them at the same cost. 



