time has come when society must devote as much care and 

 attention to developing rural welfare as it has given to city 

 welfare. 



All effort for rural progress should recognize the fundamental 

 principle that the initiative of the people should be stimulated 

 directly in the localities, and that the people should be taught 

 to help themselves. Enterprises that originate at home have 

 vitality, other things being equal. The reconstruction of 

 country life must come about through the recognition and 

 development of resident rather than of extraneous forces. 



I speak for the forward look, and for the men and women 

 who see. The trained and educated man is rapidly coming 

 into power. This must be as true in agricultural affairs as 

 otherwhere. 



THE RELATION OF THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 

 TO THE PROBLEM 



All the agencies and institutions that I have mentioned, and 

 also many others, are necessary to the working out of the great 

 national problem of rural life. All of them could be quickened 

 and extended with good results. At the present time, I desire 

 to direct your attention to the possibilities of one of these 

 series of institutions — the College of Agriculture. 



The leadership in the forward movement must, of course, 

 be educational. It must dispense information and formulate 

 it into knowledge, and rouse the people by putting before them 

 better methods and higher purposes. The natural centers of 

 free and spontaneous leadership in the various states are the 



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