6 THE STATE AS FARMER 



in the true agricultural policy : the subject 

 is one which concerns the State as a whole 

 alone. There may be in it a better outlook 

 for our educated men and scientists ; there 

 will certainly be a more ample wage for those 

 who are employed in each portion of the work. 

 But, on the other hand, we shall find our 

 first difficulty to lie in the absence of skilled 

 workers, and delay and disappointment will 

 occur while we are getting together the various 

 staffs required. There are two classes among 

 the educated that will be needed here just as 

 there are in all such organised work. The 

 pure scientist will be wanted more than 

 ever, for we are only beginning to appreciate 

 the marvels that are in these common things 

 of life. And, in addition to the research 

 student who inquires into his partial sterilisa- 

 tion and the like, we need those chemists and 

 physicists who can call fortunes for us out of 

 the waste products of our industries. But 

 before we can afford to the highest grade 

 explorer a full field for his (or her) researches, 

 we need those practical scientists and or- 

 ganisers who will apply the things that are 

 already known to the land of the State as a 



