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at Manila, properly to correlate the work of all the provincial 

 colleges and experiment stations would be necessary. As far 

 as the College of Agriculture is concerned, however, it would 

 seem to be wiser to continue the policy already entered upon, 

 of maintaining farm schools in the provinces, like the one at 

 Muhos or the one at Cavite, and to have one strong agricultural 

 college for the entire Archipelago. The teaching of agriculture 

 in the public schools should be emphasized much beyond even 

 the present point and the work in agriculture in the public 

 schools, the farm schools, and the Agricultural College should 

 be so carefully correlated that a pupil may pass from one to the 

 other without waste of time or loss of credits. 



The proper correlation of the agricultural forces of the Phil- 

 ippines is by no means simple or easy. There is room in the 

 Philippines for one strong organization in agriculture, cover- 

 ing instruction, experimentation, and demonstration. Either 

 all the agencies now existing should be merged into one organi- 

 zation, or at most two organizations — a College of Agriculture 

 and a Bureau of Agriculture. 



In any case, the principal experimental work should be done on 

 the college grounds and the men engaged in experimental work 

 should be located where they may have constantly under their 

 eye the crops or animals with which they are experimenting. 



There is much work being done by the Bureau of Agriculture 

 on its own grounds that could be done to better advantage at 

 the college. The Bureau maintains several institutions for the 

 propagation of plants and animals for distribution over the 

 Islands. Isolated as they are, they serve no purpose as teach- 

 ing institutions, whereas if located on the campus of the College 

 of Agriculture they would be most useful for purposes of in- 

 struction, at the same time that they would be as useful as 

 they now are as propagating stations. By concentrating all 

 these activities at one place, considerable saving in the cost of 

 maintenance could be made, and by bringing this work to the 

 college, the students would have an opportunity to perform a 

 considerable part of the labor required, thus helping themselves 

 through college as well as gaining valuable experience. 



At Lamao, for example, the Bureau of Agriculture conducts 

 an extensive nursery for the improvement, propagation, and 

 distribution of plants. Owing to the isolated location of the 

 station, very few people visit the grounds and the splendiil work 

 being done there is completely hidden from the view of the 

 agricultural students at Los Banos. Therefore, the Agricul- 

 tural College is obliged to maintain an extensive nursery of its 



