Agriculture and Its Needs 91 



often vital to the progress of men and 

 women who deserve to prosper. In this 

 sense the people and the government of 

 New York have occasion enough to do 

 much to widen the door of opportunity to 

 all of our agricultural industries. 



To find the true and sure ways for widen- 

 ing that door a new body of learning is 

 quite as necessary as old-time practical ex- 

 perience in farming. It is no easy task. 

 Both educationists and farmers will have 

 to bury their conceits and enter upon the 

 breaking out of new roads with all modesty 

 of opinion. 



Governor Hughes has given us an admir- 

 able Commissioner of Agriculture. Liber- 

 ally and specially educated, in full sym- 

 pathy with the new spirit of agriculture, 

 with youth and ambition and yet with con- 

 siderable experience and undoubted gifts in 

 administrative lines, the appointment o 



