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or not, there can be little doubt that a great deal more of 

 demonstrational teaching would be likely to do much good, 

 by opening minds and filtering knowledge into them, which 

 for the time remains in abeyance. In the United States 

 and in Canada demonstrational experiments are highly 

 appreciated. In Prussia, as observed, there are about 

 eighty experimental stations. And all over Germany 

 experiments for research or demonstration form the very 

 kernel of agricultural education. 



Experiments for research stand on a different footing. 

 There is no need for urging those now engaged in them to 

 greater activity or to any modification of their practice. 

 However, those experiments might well be extended and 

 multiplied. In the United States there is no province of 

 instruction more systematically pushed. The Depart- 

 ment's research work is said to " cover the whole field of 

 scientific agriculture." There are about 2,000 persons 

 engaged on demonstration and research work. And the 

 United States Department of Agriculture expresses itself 

 most satisfied with the results. 



Assuredly a claim for close affinity between experimental 

 stations and institutions or " courses " of special studies 

 will not be judged excessively far fetched. We have some 

 such institutions in our country. ]\Iore particularly the 

 educational establishments connected with the cultivation 

 of fruit and garden produce have attracted much attention. 

 However, it can scarcely be contended that we have enough 

 for the requirements which the need of the country imposes 

 upon us, if we would bring our Agriculture up to the desired 

 point. Specialising has become the ruling practice in all 

 forms of production. It means concentration of attention 

 and effort. We cannot in Agriculture carry it to an extreme 

 length. It would, for instance, be a mistake to abandon 

 our approved system of rotation for one-crop cultivation. 

 In the Southern States of the North American Union 

 exclusive reliance on the remunerative cotton crop has 

 led to an acute crisis. And Egypt has had a taste of the 

 same visitation. But we cannot expect the average farmer 

 to excel in more than one or two specialities. Evidently 



