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child can be done, In a different sphere, for the 

 city child. Fifty years hence the result will 

 be seen. 



A nature-study movement alone is not suf- 

 ficient to awaken and reconstruct the agricul- 

 tural interests. There should be coordinate 

 efforts outside the schools. It particularly de- 

 volves on the colleges of agriculture to develop 

 good extension teaching. The extension move- 

 ment is already under way, several immediate 

 causes combining to make it imperative, as 

 ( I ) the people are ready for the work : they 

 want to learn; (2) certain persons are ready 

 to do the work: they want to teach; (3) the 

 states appropriate money: the appropriations 

 are made because work is done. Of these 

 factors, the money is the least. No institution 

 is so poor that something cannot be done if only 

 the first three requisites are present. Time by 

 time, perhaps little by little, the money will 

 come. The work must be born, grow and 

 mature. 



This new teaching for the farmer is a most 

 attractive field for well-directed effort. We 



