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ing the officers of such institutions to remain 

 at home and develop their special work. 



A state college or school of agriculture or 

 experiment station is set by the state to ac- 

 complish certain work for the people; it is the 

 duty of the persons in charge of such institu- 

 tion to acquaint the state government with the 

 needs of the institution for the accomplishing 

 of those ends; if it is not possible or expedient 

 to supply such needs, the responsibility natur- 

 ally lies with the government. 



The state government part and the federal part. 



I have said (page 75) that every governmental 

 department or bureau devoted to agriculture 

 should make its one purpose the developing of 

 the personal initiative and the community feel- 

 ing of the persons in the country; and that other 

 things being the same, the department or group 

 nearest home should have the greatest useful- 

 ness in this direction. As a concrete illustration 

 of what I mean, I will cite certain types of work 

 at present lying between the United States 

 Department of Agriculture and the states. 



