there than at Berkeley. This is notably true of instruction 

 in animal husbandry and dairy industry. 



While the University Farm at Davis is an exceedingly 

 important factor in the development of the research work 

 and is becoming a much more important factor than was 

 anticipated in the training of University students, its most 

 unique feature is the instruction given to University Farm 

 School students. In this school an attempt is being made 

 to solve the most important educational question in this 

 country. We have in America a perfectly well understood 

 system of education: 



Primary grade 7 to 10 



Grammar grade 11 to 14 



High school grade 15 to 18 



University grade 19 to 22 



Post-graduate work 23 to 25 



This is a thoroughly desirable system of education and 

 one that should be extended to apply as nearly as possible 

 to every young man and woman. There are, however, large 

 numbers of young men who have reached the age of 19 

 who do not have the requirements for admission to college. 

 They will not go to the high school because they are be- 

 yond high school age. They could not get the proper in- 

 struction if they did go, because the method of instruction 

 must be different for students at 19 and those of 15 years. 

 Age must be recognized as a factor in education. A young 

 man or woman at 19 differs from the boy or girl of 15, 

 physically, mentally, morally, and spiritually. One hun- 

 dred and twenty students entered the University Farm 

 School at Davis this semester and 118 entered freshmen 

 in the College of Agriculture at Berkeley. The average 

 age of the intrants at Davis was 19 years and 4 months; 

 the average age of the freshman intrants in agriculture, 

 20 years and 5 months. 



An agricultural high school is not being conducted at 

 Davis, but there is being given a three years ' course in Agri- 



