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But the general training should go far 

 enough to largely relieve the student from 

 the study of the English branches if he goes 

 to the agricultural college. It is of a grade 

 which may be quite as well done in the local 

 school, and the student should not be sent 

 to the college so deficient in the ordinary 

 English branches as to make it necessary 

 for the college to devote so much time to it 

 to the exclusion of work in technical agri- 

 culture. And the technical agriculture in 

 the high school should count as much as any 

 other in credits, and also for admission to 

 the agricultural college for those who will 

 be disposed to go. 



It would have been better if we 

 could have well considered, and could have 

 reached definite conclusions concerning 

 schools of agriculture of secondary grade, 

 before any of such schools was attempted 

 by the State. Certainly others should not 



