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X. Costs and Support 



It is not within the province of this document to discuss 

 the question of costs nor the method of support, for they are 

 matters that are part of the whole system of Christian education 

 in China and must conform, in the case of agriculture, to the 

 general policy. But it is not out of place to make a few 

 observations that must be regarded largely as personal 

 suggestions. 



1. The whole system of agricultural education for China, 

 inclusive of all grades and types, should be united both in 

 theory and in practice, and the costs thereof should be placed in 

 a single budget. This process will be of the greatest value in 

 making comparisons, in avoiding duplication, and in presenting 

 claims for support. 



2. It is evident that the larger plans for expansion in 

 agricultural education will require the raising of funds for the 

 special purpose. It is to be hoped that the Mission Boards 

 will recognize the ''case" for agriculture in China and state 

 that case to their constituencies, but will also arrange, at the 

 appropriate time, for special campaigns among those whose 

 special interests might easily lead them to give substantial aid 

 in this particular field. Would it not be a distinct advantage, 

 both in securing and in alloting funds for this type of education 

 in China, if the money could be labeled "Agricultural 

 Education." It is not at all improbable that all of following 

 groups could be induced to aid materially if the needs and 

 opportunities in this field could be properly laid before them : 



(a) Agricultural colleges, to send agricultural mission- 

 aries, (b) Individuals especially interested in agriculture, (c) 

 Firms dealing in a large way with agricultural development. 



3. Whether Chinese private individual support can be 

 counted upon depends one would think very largely upon the 

 extent to which the whole enterprise comes to express the 

 wishes, the ambitions, and the management of the Chinese. 

 But Chinese firms are already helping substantially in those 

 fields where agricultural improvement is of immediate concern 

 to them, and this form of aid should increase rapidly. 



4. There is already some support from the Chinese 

 Government. . There may be at least two forms of this support: 

 (a) Subsidy, or grants-in-aid; (b) Full support, in which case 



