THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



make the community their permanent 

 home, and to take the solution of its eco- 

 nomic, social, and educational problems as 

 their life work.' 7 



4. THE NEED OF A RECOGNIZED SYSTEM 



The work of education by means of agri- 

 culture is in danger of becoming scattered. 

 It is being taken up in the public schools 

 here and there, and the agitation for it is 

 widespread; but there is yet little organi- 

 zation or system in it. 



Schools and departments in colleges and 



universities 



Old-line colleges and universities are 

 also seeking to have schools or departments 

 of agriculture, often of secondary grade, at- 

 tached to them. These, also, are no part of 

 an organized system; and it is not always 

 certain that their environment will be such 

 as to insure satisfactory results without 

 the guidance of some supervising authority 

 or administrative method. 

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