parking of the entire area of the commonwealth in such a way 

 as to make all parts accessible, to develop what is best in every 

 part, to preserve all good natural features. This idea will 

 extend to every part of the country in time, developing local 

 patriotism and increasing the values of property. Scenery 

 as well as soil can be capitalized, and made to yield a profit. 

 The increase in values of farm property in this State is coming 

 largely as a result of good roads and general improvement, 

 rather than merely from better farming. The leadership for 

 this general improvement work should be expected to come 

 from this College of Agriculture. 



Farm management. 



All the technical special work should be tied together by a 

 department of farm management, which develops in the 

 students' mind a business philosophy or system. There is 

 great need of information on the planning and lay-out of farms. 

 Even in so simple a matter as the arrangement of fields, there 

 is need for much study and experiment. The whole cropping 

 scheme on New York farms should be overhauled. Special 

 investigations should be made of farming systems for the hill 

 lands, now that the older farming is being driven from these 

 regions. The entire subject of farm accounting must be 

 attacked in a new way. The ordinary bookkeeping will not 

 apply. In visiting practically every farmer in one of the 

 counties of the State, we did not find one man who knew how 

 much it cost him to produce milk or to raise any of his crops. 



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