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arising in the agricultural colleges: in time 

 these will be the greatest of farmers' associa- 

 tions, for they represent the point of view of the 

 trained man. We may soon look for a larger fed- 

 eration of these state units, and the movement 

 will then be nationalized (pages 115, 116). 



Farmers' institutes will be one important part 

 of this extension service. These institutes are 

 now doing a great work, but a greater awaits 

 them. They must be parts of organized edu- 

 cational centers. They must be fertilized by 

 new and continuing study. They must be in 

 the hands of specially trained men differing 

 from both the college professor type and the 

 so-called practical farmer type. We have not 

 yet consciously trained such men. These insti- 

 tutes will fail of their greatest usefulness 

 unless they cooperate fully with local organiza- 

 tions. In fact, it should be a part of their 

 work to establish local organizations wherever 

 they go, to continue and perfect the work. A 

 reading-club for the systematic study of books 

 and journals and bulletins should be the result 

 of every institute. 



