THE COLLEGE OF AGKICULTUKE AND 

 THE STATE 



THE natural centers of free and spon- 

 taneous leadership on rural ques- 

 tions in the various states are the colleges 

 of agriculture, that draw their support 

 conjointly from the state and the nation. 

 If any of these colleges are not taking 

 the leadership, they are not meeting their 

 opportunity or carrying their natural 

 responsibility. 



These institutions should in the nature of 

 the case be the great leaders in country 

 life, because their work is founded on 

 scholarship and is (or may be) wholly free 

 from political or partisan domination and 

 control. If any of them are in educational 

 bondage, the fault lies not with the system. 



If the colleges have not met all expecta- 

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