Agriculture and Its Needs 41 



is not good. It is no less true doubtless 

 it is more true in the higher study of 

 agriculture than in any other phase of 

 advanced education. And the higher 

 learning is quite as vital to agriculture as to 

 any other interest of the people. Then, a 

 real agricultural college, associated with a 

 true university, is the true policy in this 

 State, and such a college may be expected 

 to vitalize whatever is done in connection 

 with agriculture in the high schools and 

 whatever has a bearing upon agriculture in 

 the elementary schools, and it may also be 

 expected to incite and uplift profitable agri- 

 cultural operations among the people. 

 Then, whether or not an erroneous initia- 

 tive has been given to provision for agri- 

 cultural instruction of a secondary grade 

 in this State, we have made no mistake 

 concerning agricultural teaching of the 

 college grade. 



