58 Agriculture and Its Needs 



be said that New York is far from the front 

 in developing policies and establishing in- 

 strumentalities to aid either the mechan- 

 ical or the agricultural industries. With 

 the prestige and the advantage of being an 

 old state, it would be strange if we did not 

 suffer some of the disadvantages of it. Let 

 me point out what the educational disad- 

 vantages concerning agriculture are, and 

 why they are, and let us believe that we may 

 cure them if we will. 



The Federal Constitution left, as it was 

 bound to leave, universities, as all other 

 schools, to be propagated by the States. 

 In every state formed after the adoption 

 of "the more perfect union" the State con- 

 stitution provided for a system of schools, 

 and ordinarily for a state university. Ed- 

 ucation was a universal passion. The 

 western pioneers had a dreadfully hard 

 time, but they had the pride and nerve 



