COLLEGE AND STATE 



kingdom he produces or improves by fore- 

 sight and care to supply the wants of his 

 fellowmen. The animals include all tamed 

 mammals and birds, all fish that are reared 

 and bred, the bees, domestic pets, and all 

 others that contribute food, fur, pelts, and 

 other products for the maintenance and 

 comfort of man. 



Aside from this, such a college stands 

 for the relations of the man to his commu- 

 nity and to his time. All civilization devel- 

 ops out of industries and occupations ; and 

 so it comes that agriculture is properly 

 a civilization rather than a congeries of 

 crafts. The colleges of agriculture repre- 

 sent this civilization, in its material, busi- 

 ness, and human relations. Therefore, they 

 are not class institutions, representing 

 merely trades and occupations. The task 

 before the colleges of agriculture is noth- 

 ing less than to direct and to aid in devel- 

 oping the entire rural civilization; and 

 this task should place those who make them 

 within the realm of statesmanship. 



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