iia The State and the Farmer 



This is to be the lasting work of all national! 

 and state agricultural institutions. It is a work] 

 that is yet scarcely begun in this country., 

 What progress has been made in this develop-) 

 ment has been mostly accidental. 



The work of the agricultural institutions has) 

 been directed chiefly to increase the product- 1 

 iveness of the land to make the farm earni 

 more money. The agricultural colleges, for 

 example, have properly laid their emphasis on 

 this line of teaching; but in so doing they! 

 have themselves contributed to the mainte- 

 nance of agricultural isolation. To make the 

 farm more productive must continue to be the I 

 primary effort of these and similar institutions; 

 but the time has now come when the colleges 

 and all public agricultural agencies must join 

 in the effort to improve and extend the social ( 

 welfare of the persons who live on the land. 

 The farmer is a member of the community. 



In other words, while we need new knowl- j 

 edge, we need more than this to put the| 

 knowledge that we now possess into practi-j 

 cable and workable form ; we must make it a * 



