THE TRAINING OF FARMERS 



of entrance and curriculum, but by the 

 character and spirit of the enterprise. They 

 must of course maintain standards of ad- 

 ministration and scholarship as high as 

 those of other institutions, but they must 

 be allowed to work out their proper con- 

 tribution to educational progress. 



The results of scientific work are begin- 

 ning to be apparent in the attitude toward 

 country-life questions. The investigations 

 have challenged all the old ideas and meth- 

 ods, and all practices are now in the pro- 

 cess of becoming rational. The extent of 

 scientific investigation in the interest of 

 agriculture is unparalleled in its scope and 

 organization; this world- wide effort is 

 bound to work itself out in wholly new and 

 more effective schemes of life; and when 

 the scientific or truth-seeking spirit be- 

 comes dominant in country life, it will 

 mean the end not only of blind haphazard 

 in farming but of patronage and "influ- 

 ence" in government; for it is as neces- 

 sary that rural government (and all gov- 

 ernment) be scientific as that agriculture 

 be scientific. There can never be a good 

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