under control in time ; and it is not too much to expect that 

 we may find new uses for much of our marsh land. There 

 are many aquatic plants that are of value. But all I aim to 

 do at present is to challenge your attention to an undeveloped 

 line of agricultural effort. 



Household subjects. 



But the kinds of crops and of animals and the fundamental 

 subjects in sciences and language and arts, do not cover all the 

 teacherships that a good college of agriculture must have. I 

 must call your attention to the fact that while the home is the 

 center or pivot of our civilization, it is the last thing to be 

 taught in schools. We have worked out better plans for feed- 

 ing and rearing pigs and cattle than for humans. The federal 

 government may investigate diseases of sheep in the various 

 states, but it may not investigate diseases of men and women. 

 The whole range of household subjects must be taught, and if 

 so, there must be specialists in food, sanitation, nursing, house 

 building, house furnishing, and similar subjects ; and all these 

 departments of knowledge must be housed, equipped and 

 maintained. It is probably more important that we now 

 attack the home side of country life than any other phase of 

 the work. 



The mechanical side. 



All the manufacture phases of country life must be developed. 

 The dairy department of this College represents one of these 

 phases. All the subjects relating to the canning, drying and 

 preserving of fruits are practically untouched in the colleges, 



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