THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



tions, it is largely because their facilities 

 have been almost trivial as compared with 

 the work they have been expected to do. 

 For years they have been praying for 

 funds and freedom to enable them to do 

 their work. Whether they will in the 

 future accomplish all that is expected of 

 them will depend as much on the people as 

 on the professors; in fact, in the end the 

 people have control. 



These colleges are expensive. They are 

 the most expensive of all colleges, because 

 they must do so very many things, be pre- 

 pared to give advice on every conceivable 

 subject of country life, have so much land, 

 so many different kinds of live-stock, such 

 extensive orchards and grounds, reach so 

 many special industries, and give such per- 

 sonal and practical instruction to their 

 students. This is exactly the opposite of 

 the prevailing notion, at least until very 

 recently. There are still some persons who 

 think that a college of agriculture should 

 be practically self-supporting, because it 

 engages in farming ; yet I usually find that 

 such persons have difficulty enough in 

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