THE COLLEGE AND FARMING 



What will this new educational activity 

 accomplish for the farmer? 



It is first pertinent to consider what edu- 

 cation does for a man. It inspires him, 

 sets him new ideals, makes him a more 

 vigorous and accurate thinker, gives him 

 a new fund of information, and develops 

 him with power. Then the question arises 

 whether the farm will continue to satisfy 

 the educated man. 



The two factors, then, are the college on 

 one hand and the farm on the other. Can 

 they work together harmoniously for one 

 common object? 



The part played by the college 



It is undoubtedly true that there has 

 often been a lack of articulation or adjust- 

 ment between college and farm, in spite of 

 all their efforts to come together. This lack 

 is not to be regarded as a shortcoming, but 

 rather as a stage in the progress of evolu- 

 tion of a new type of education. It requires 

 time to work out an educational system 

 that will adequately meet its ends, and 

 probably in no other direction is this so 

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