most trivial as compared with the work they have been 

 expected to do. Whether they will in the future accomplish 

 all that is expected of them will depend as much on the people 

 as on the professors; in fact, in the end the people have con- 

 trol. 



These colleges are expensive. They are the most expensive 

 of all colleges, because they must do so very many things, be 

 prepared to give advice on every conceivable subject of 

 country life, have so much land, so many different kinds of 

 live-stock, such extensive orchards and grounds, reach so 

 many special industries, and give such personal and practical 

 instruction to their students. This is exactly the opposite of 

 the prevailing notion, at least until very recently. There are 

 still some persons who think that a college of agriculture 

 should be practically self-supporting, because it engages in 

 farming; yet I usually find that such persons have difficulty 

 enough in making a farm pay as a farm, without asking it to 

 support teaching and experiments in the bargain. It will be 

 some years yet before this or any other college of agriculture 

 catches up with its problem ; we are in the beginning period of 

 the modern development, and how rapidly and how far these 

 colleges develop will determine to a great extent how rapidly 

 and effectively rural life shall be reconstructed. 



The Outside or Extension Work. 



What I have thus far said has referred mostly to the inside 



or so-called academic work of the College of Agriculture. I 



now call your attention to the outside or extension work. I 



am not doing this to seem to make the subject big, but be- 



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