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(d) Any adequate definition of agricultural education makes 

 it as inclusive in scope as all the needs of the rural people just 

 as broad as the rural problem itself. It is often thought of as 

 teaching farmers better farm practice and being wholly 

 technical, quite unrelated to intellectual and spiritual interests. 

 But that is a narrow definition of agricultural education. The 

 problem of agricultural education is to meet all the needs of the 

 farming people. In fact, it becomes apparently an essential 

 element in the development of a truly Christian rural civilization 

 in China. 



(e) Moreover, it is in itself a Christian contribution to 

 China, because of the importance of agriculture and because of 

 the difficulty that China will find in doing the work alone. 



What shall be the Scope and the Limitations of Agricultural Education 

 in the Christian Educational Enterprise in China? 



To answer this question- we need to. consider several 



matters: 



(1) We should attempt to analyze the rural problem in 

 China, because only so can we 



(2) Reveal the character and significance of efforts to solve 

 the problem or indicate the objectives of any work to be done. 



(3) We should outline the task and method of agricultural 

 education in China as a whole: because we must understand not 

 only the objectives of this educational scheme, but its machinery 

 and method. 



(4) We should try to develop a program for Christian 

 education based on some principles of limitation as well as of 

 extent. We need to review briefly the present efforts of public 

 enterprise, in order that we may know the terms of Christian 

 effort and co-operation. 



(5) We must necessarily consider financial costs, and pos- 

 sibilities of support. 



