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pared and modified, through the agency of a co-operative board or 

 similar body representing both State and Nation, created on the 

 assumption that State and National agencies are simply parts of one 

 great instrument which exists for the general good, and organized to 

 give that view effect. Such a board should be required to make sug- 

 gestions for the co-ordination and advancement of agriculture and 

 agricultural research in the States and Nation, but it should be, wholly 

 and altogether, without direct authority beyond what might be inherent 

 in the value of the methods and the work it would suggest. It should 

 give no orders. 



One of the fundamental and most pressing needs of science in 

 America is more and better research. I can conceive of no more 

 effective way to promote research in agriculture than to bring about 

 the active co-operation and co-ordination of existing agencies for the 

 execution of a great general plan. The result will be felt in the 

 increased scope, economy, and efficiency of both State and National 

 organizations. 



GiFFORD PiNCHOT. 



