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Bureau of Agriculture. The principal spends much time away 

 from the school, working with the farmers, conducting demon- 

 strations in rice and corn growing, and in teaching the farmers 

 how to improve their poultry. On the school grounds there are 

 numerous experimental plots used for testing the adaptability 

 of new crops to the condition of the province. New strains 

 of corn have been developed at the school and an improved 

 stock of chickens has been brought from China and propagated 

 extensively for distribution. The Bureau of Agriculture keeps 

 an agricultural inspector in the province, but there is no at- 

 tempt by the two Bureaus to cooperate or to divide the field. 



The College of Agriculture seeks to create agricultural knowl- 

 edge through its experimental work, and to improve the agri- 

 cultural practice of the people by the introduction of better 

 plants and by creating new strains of plants. The college dis- 

 seminates agricultural knowledge through its students, by means 

 of circulars and bulletins, and by personal contact with farmers. 



The Bureau of Forestry is charged with the duty of con- 

 serving the timber resources of the Islands and of creating 

 new resources by reforesting waste lands. The Bureau gives 

 instruction in tree planting and timber management. Elabo- 

 rate reports are published giving the results of the Bureau sur- 

 veys and forest studies. The Bureau, in cooperation with the 

 College of Agriculture, maintains a school of forestry at Los 

 Bafios. 



The Bureau of Science seeks to improve the agricultural con- 

 ditions of the Islands through its study of insect pests, soils, 

 varieties of sugar cane, and by the operation of a sugar-testing 

 laboratory. 



The College of Veterinary Medicine is contributing to agri- 

 cultural development and progress by training men to serve as 

 Insular and provincial veterinarians and by helping to hold 

 the diseases of domestic animals in check. 



This situation cannot fail to create some confusion in the 

 minds of the people who try to apply the teachings of these 

 Bureaus and colleges, because of the differences in the teach- 

 ings of the different organizations with respect to the same 

 subject. For example, four of these agencies are seeking to 

 help the farmer control insect pests, but there is not always 

 entire agreement among them as to the remedies proposed. 

 With the Bureau of Education recommending one method, the 

 Bureau of Science another, the teachers at the College of Agri- 

 culture another, and the Bureau of Agriculture pursuing a 

 different method from any of the others, what must be the 



