80 AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS AND RESEARCH 



This general outline will serve to give an idea of the 

 scheme of organization as regards the division of labour 

 in the laboratory and the field, and of the character of 

 these two phases of the work. 



There is, however, another matter not less important 

 than the organization of a right division of labour, and 

 that is to ensure a proper collaboration between the two 

 workers. 



It need hardly be said that the man in the laboratory 

 must be kept informed as to the results of the field ex- 

 periments, and often his attention will be called to new 

 objects for investigation. On the other hand, the 

 worker in the field needs the results of the laboratory 

 work in order to organize his experiments on a rational 

 basis. Only by keeping in close touch with each other 

 can they work along the right lines. 



Between the different branches of science also a good 

 relationship is necessary. Very often the botanist will 

 have to refer to the geologist, to the chemist, etc., for 

 information and help. Such a collaboration will enable 

 each man to acquire a knowledge of the lines of work 

 of the department or station as a whole, and this know- 

 ledge will be of importance to all the scientists. In a 

 very interesting paper, Circular No. 117 of the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Wash- 

 ington, 1913), on " The Bureau of Plant Industry, its 

 Function and Efficiency," Mr. Galloway, the Chief of the 

 Bureau, makes this interesting statement: "The future 

 success of the Department " [of Agriculture in the United 

 States] " will depend in large measure on each man being 

 made to feel a personal responsibility as to the details of 

 his work and at the same time realize that he must lend 

 his full support to matters of general policy which concern 

 the division of which he is a member and the department 

 as a whole." 



It has often been said that schemes are things not fit 

 to be followed. I am convinced that the sentence quoted 

 is just as applicable to the scheme I put forward here 

 as to others. 



In organizing agricultural departments and experiment 

 stations we have to reckon with local conditions, with 



