COLLEGE AND STATE 



lished experiment stations for land crops, 

 but not for water crops. Whenever waters 

 are impounded, the possibilities of making 

 them breeding grounds for food fish should 

 also be considered. It is probable that 

 other aquatic animals than fish, or semi- 

 aquatic ones, will be regularly grown under 

 control in time ; and it is not too much to ex- 

 pect that we may find new uses for much of 

 our marsh land. There are many aquatic 

 plants that are of value; but all I aim 

 to do at present is to challenge attention to 

 an undeveloped line of agricultural effort. 

 In developing all our great agricultural 

 interests, we are also providing the very 

 best means of educating students through 

 the knowledge that is gained; and to edu- 

 cate young men and women by means of the 

 common affairs of country life, is the pri- 

 mary object of a college of agriculture. 



Household subjects 



But the kinds of crops and of animals 



and the fundamental subjects in sciences 



and language and arts, do not cover all the 



teacherships that a good college of agri- 



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