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the breeding of these magnificent draft 

 horses among her people. And I know of 

 another state which has sent one man to 

 Germany to study veterinary colleges, 

 another to Denmark to study dairying, and 

 a third to Argentina to investigate beef 

 cattle. There are scores of similar sub- 

 jects which individuals can not exploit 

 because they do not know what to do, or 

 are without the money or the inclination 

 to engage in large undertakings. In such 

 circumstances it is clearly within the func- 

 tions of the state to act. There is no 

 smack of paternalism or socialism about 

 it. All good governments do it in order 

 to aid the industries of the people. It 

 involves no large amount of money, in 

 view of the sums to which the state is 

 customed. But it can not be done by agents 

 who know little about it or who are more 

 concerned about themselves than about 





