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But it would be a great contribution to rural China if one 

 of the Christian schools would seriously attempt to adapt the 

 People's School of Denmark to the needs of the Chinese farmer 

 and his family. 



3. Exchange of Lecturers. It is to be hoped that plans 

 may be worked out by which authorities on various aspects of 

 the rural problem in China, Japan, the Philippines, India and 

 the Orient generally, may exchange with similar authorities 

 from Europe and the United States. This interchange of ideas 

 and experience has too many advantages to require argument. 



4. Exchange of Students. Men from China will continue 

 to go to the West for advanced if not for undergraduate work 

 in agriculture. It would also be a great gain if, by means of 

 travelling fellowships, or by temporary appointments to some 

 specific service in the Chinese agricultural colleges, advanced 

 students from the West could study Chinese agriculture at first 

 hand. 



5. Exchange of Farmers. Chinese agriculture is as yet 

 practically unorganized; but the movement can not and should 

 not be long delayed. If representatives of farmers' organiza- 

 tions in the West could come to China; and similar deputations 

 from China could be put into touch with the agrarian move- 

 ments of Europe and America, untold good would result. 



6. The Enlistment and Training of Agricultural Mis- 

 sionaries. Steps have already been taken by the International 

 Association of Agricultural Missions to formulate standard 

 courses of preparation for those seeking service in mission fields 

 as agricultural teachers. There is a newly aroused but rapidly 

 growing interest in the agricultural colleges and in many liberal 

 arts colleges as well. There should be a clearing house of 

 information as to demand and requirements in the field, and as 

 to supply of prepared candidates. The Association can render 

 this service if the authorities both in China and in the United 

 States will utilize it. 



. Co-operation in Agricultural Education 



1. Between the Agricultural Colleges. There is little like- 

 lihood of overlapping in the teaching and extension work of the 

 Christian agricultural colleges in China, and the work of 

 research is so vast that even there the probability of duplication 

 is not imminent. Nevertheless there would be many advan- 



