Colleges of Agriculture 167 



however, that the people themselves have 

 endowed these colleges, for this ensures that 

 the institutions become and remain democratic, 

 teachable and close to common problems. 

 These colleges will place on the farms a class 

 of educated persons, as the colleges of 

 mechanic arts have placed such persons in the 

 shops and in business. 



The colleges of agriculture are essential 

 because they are leading the way to a really 

 useful training for country life. Our agricul- 

 tural problem is one of constant readjustment 

 to conditions, and this readjustment can pro- 

 gress only through the diffusion of greater 

 intelligence. Knowledge and education lie at 

 the very foundation of the welfare of the open 

 country. Information and knowledge, how- 

 ever, and even education, do not of themselves 

 constitute reform or progress. We need legis- 

 lation and broad redirection of social and 

 economic forces ; but education lies behind 

 and at the bottom of all these movements and 

 wi,thout it no lasting progress is possible. 



Interest in education by means of agricul- 



