COLLEGE AND STATE 



and yet nothing is more important to the 

 development of our fruit and vegetable- 

 gardening interests. The curing of meats 

 and home manufacture of animal products 

 must be taught; and also the whole great 

 question of refrigeration and storage. 



The whole subject of mechanical power 

 and of the best use of machinery must be 

 developed on the American farm. With 

 all our knack for invention, we are not the 

 foremost people in the application of small 

 power to farm work and housework. The 

 necessity of economizing human labor must 

 itself force the use of gasoline and other 

 engines, small water power, electrical 

 power, and others, on thousands and mil- 

 lions of farms; and the use of such ma- 

 chines will set new ideals into the minds of 

 men. With the development of long-dis- 

 tance transmission of electric energy, it 

 will be increasingly possible for such 

 power to be diverted to farm uses ; and yet 

 we do not seem to be giving much attention 

 to this subject, although the development 

 is coming in Germany and other countries. 

 Every good farm must in time have its own 

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