THE TEAINING OF FARMERS 



1. SCOPE OF A HIGHLY DEVELOPED COLLEGE OF 

 AGRICULTURE 



While a college of agriculture is con- 

 cerned directly with increasing the pro- 

 ducing power of land, its activities cannot 

 be limited narrowly to this field. If it is a 

 large institution, it should stand broadly 

 for rural civilization. It must include 

 within its activities such a range of sub- 

 jects as will enable it to develop an entire 

 philosophy or scheme of country life. 



On the production side, a first-rate col- 

 lege of agriculture deals with all crops, the 

 means of growing them and handling them 

 and of caring for them in health and dis- 

 ease; and with all domesticated or con- 

 trolled animals, the means of rearing them 

 and handling them and of caring for them 

 in health and disease. The crops include 

 all plants reared by man from the soil, or 

 controlled and used by him, as all grains, 

 all forage, all fibers, all timbers and for- 

 ests, all fruits and garden vegetables and 

 flowers, and whatever else in the vegetable 

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