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cover such a wide range, it is necessary that the time spent for 

 each course be very limited. This constitutes the chief dif- 

 ficulty in training agricultural specialists. 



' ' Lack of laboratory work is another criticism often made. 

 Besides chemistry and biology there is practically no laboratory 

 work for subjects like farm crops, soil, plant pathology, 

 entomology, etc. The farm practice is also inefficient and 

 sometimes carried out in a very half-hearted manner. There is 

 no summer farm practice required. The result is that the 

 students get a very imperfect understanding in what little they 

 have studied. 



"There seems to be a lack of teaching materials concerning 

 Chinese agriculture. This material, consisting of improved 

 methods, better seeds, better breeds as well as answers to many 

 different agricultural problems, can be gotten only after long 

 years of research by experts. But the present agricultural 

 college does not provide adequata research facilities for its 

 professors. In fact the professors are so busy with the teach- 

 ing work it is really impossible to do research. The colleges as 

 a rule have no extension work, and make little effort to help 

 the farmer directly. 



' ' Many believe it wise to abolish the system of two kinds of 

 agricultural colleges and to organize one strong agricultural 

 college for each province after the model of the United States, 

 and build on the following principles: 



" (1) The function of an agricultural college is not only to 

 teach but to act as the agricultural leader of the province. To 

 the college all agricultural problems of the province should go 

 and be solved. Its work should consist of three phases, namely: 

 research, instruction, and extension. All of them should be 

 put on an equal footing and be so strongly organized that it can 

 work effectively and efficiently. 



' ' (2) Within the college there should be departments. Sub- 

 jects like farm crops, soils, horticultare, animal husbandry, 

 plant pathology, etc. should be organized into departments. 

 Each department should have enough specialists and funds to 

 carry out the three phases of work. To hasten the progress of 

 the departments, foreign specialists of world reputation should 

 be invited and the less experienced Chinese specialists should 

 act as their assistants for the next three or four years. 



