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possible for it to have accomplished much for several years, 

 had it been necessary to procure and put into working order 

 an independent plant. Further, the funds appropriated by 

 the Hatch act must have proved utterly inadequate for the 

 maintenance of an independent organization. Under the 

 present arrangement, officers of the college do most of the 

 work of the station, upon the grounds of the college and in 

 the l)uildings of the college. The extra compensation for 

 such work is small in comparison with what must have been 

 paid for the entire time of men equally com[)etent. The 

 advantages to the station of this close connection with the 

 college are thus sufficiently evident. 



Let me now see what the college gains in return for what 

 it gives. First and most important I consider the advantage 

 to the students. The intimate relations between colle^'e and 

 station make it possible to bring the students into closer 

 touch and fuller sympathy with the experimental work which 

 is being carried on. The professors, too, in their efforts to 

 discover the prolilems which vex the farmers, and to help 

 them to solve these pro])lems, are kept in closer sympathy 

 with the farming community. They gain a truer insight into 

 its needs, and as a consequence are the better instructors. 

 There is, however, undoubtedly a danger that these double 

 duties may over-tax the time and lead to less thorough work 

 than is desirable. 



Having indicated the nature of the union between college 

 and station, I nnist now consider the work of each branch 

 of this agricultural institution in greater detail; and I crave 

 your attention first to what I have to sa}^ concerning the 

 college. 



"With the organization and general i)urposes of the Agri- 

 cultural College you are all doubtless more or less familiar, 

 and yet it api)ears to me desirable to touch briefly upon the 

 more salient points. Organized at the outset under an act 

 of Congress, the college has always received a large measure 

 of financial supi)ort from the general government. The State 

 also has given liberally for buildings (for which purjwse the 

 money from the general government cannot be used), as 

 well as for other purposes, and at the present time the annual 

 income comes in nearly ecjual amounts from the State and 



