THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



Practically all of these stations are con- 

 nected with the Land-grant colleges. 



Official departments of agriculture, rep- 

 resenting several types of organization, 

 have been established in most of the states. 

 These departments or bureaus represent 

 the police powers of the state in respect to 

 agricultural matters, or become offices for 

 the advertising of the agricultural possi- 

 bilities of the commonwealth, or they do 

 certain educational work, as the holding of 

 institutes or the giving of instruction to 

 dairymen. For the most part, they do not 

 represent high types of governmental or- 

 ganization or efficiency. They should be 

 strongly capable, however, of training the 

 people in legal and governmental affairs as 

 these matters apply to rural conditions. 



The United States Department of Agri- 

 culture represents the interest of the fed- 

 eral government in agricultural affairs. It 

 has recently grown immensely in extent 

 and influence, and has become one of the 

 great coordinate executive departments of 

 government. Much of its work is educa- 

 tional, and therefore it may be considered 

 86 



