No. 4.] AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 3G5 



These exercises are worthy of couimeiuhition ; it is not 

 to detract from their excellence when we sua^gest that the 

 aim should be to develop greater facility and readiness in 

 powers of expression through the entire course of training. 

 Our times demand men that not only have accumulated 

 knowledge and powers of thought, but who can also forci])ly 

 and readilv ffive utterance to such knowledoe by voice and 

 pen. 



Your committee hail with satisfaction the introduction of 

 the new and shorter course of instruction recently adopted 

 l)y the board of trustees. This will admit of better chissiti- 

 cation, and will secure the attendance of many not al)le to 

 avail themselves of the loni>:er course. 



A cursory examination of the experiment stations assures 

 us of the patient and thorough work being there done ; the 

 bulletins issued during the vear for o-eneral distril)ution 

 conhrm this estimate. We call particular attention to the 

 facts brought out in Bulletin No. 45, from the State Experi- 

 ment Station, entitled "Fodder Articles and Fodder 

 Supplies." Conclusive proof is here given of the wisdom 

 of proposed legislation with reference to legal inspection of 

 waste feed products ottered for sale in the State. The 

 station is especially fortunate in having as its director one 

 who stood foremost in advocatino; and briniiino: about leo:al 

 restrictions with reference to the inspection and sale of com- 

 mercial fertilizers, and who is now barino; his arm to brino; 

 about this second reformation for the farmer's Ijenefit. 



We learn with satisfaction that the experiment depart- 

 ments are more and more addressed by letters from citizens 

 in the State, seeking information on a great variety of 

 subjects in which the practical ftirmer is interested. If such 

 questions and answers could be made pu])lic through the 

 press, your committee feel that much useful information 

 would thus have a wider distribution. 



We have elsewhere indicated that one function of the 

 college is the object lesson. The ideal should be striven for 

 in every department, not alone for its influence upon the 

 young men in course of training, but as a stimulus and 

 incentive to every citizen of the State who will visit these 



