THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



separate, it is the obligation of the state 

 administration so to define the work of 

 each that harmony and cooperation will 

 result. Hostility between the two lessens 

 the efficiency of each. It is particularly 

 important that neither one of the institu- 

 tions should become possessed of the idea 

 that its work is in the nature of the case 

 more important than that of the other, 

 either because the one may represent what 

 is conceived to be the broader education or 

 because the other may represent what is 

 thought to be the more practical and neces- 

 sary. The province of educational insti- 

 tutions is to fight ignorance, not to fight 

 each other. 



There will necessarily be colleges of 

 agriculture of differing kinds and grades. 

 In a small state, the college will natu- 

 rally be less extensive than in a large 

 and wealthy state, but it may be none the 

 less effective for its commonwealth. All 

 the colleges, whether separate or con- 

 nected, should, of course, be equally free 

 to develop a wide range of subjects. 

 Some will become essentially agricultural 

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