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Less than six hundred are now receiving instruction in 

 Agriculture at Berkeley and Davis. In a comparatively 

 few years, a thousand students of agriculture will be en- 

 rolled at each place unless we do something to stop them. 

 It should be determined at once what is the most efficient 

 number that can be accommodated at Davis. It should 

 be determined whether it is to be 300, or 600, or 1000. 

 Plans should be made to start a new unit at Fresno as soon 

 as the most efficient number that can be cared for at Davis 

 is reached. At Fresno, where the University owns 5400 

 acres of land, there is an opportunity to build up the most 

 extensive, most varied, and best instruction in horticulture, 

 both for farm school and university, that is to be found 

 in the world. No other such possibility exists anywhere. 

 At Davis special emphasis should be placed upon dairying, 

 animal husbandry, and deciduous tree fruits. At Fresno, 

 the emphasis should be placed upon grapes, citrus and other 

 sub-tropical fruits, and upon alfalfa and other forage crops. 

 Instruction and investigations in cereals should be devel- 

 oped at both places. Under the conditions outlined a young 

 man from Bakersfield or El Centre might go to Davis to 

 receive instruction in animal husbandry and dairying, while 

 the young man from Marysville might go to Fresno to 

 specialize in horticultural subjects. 



The tentative organization and scope of the College of 

 Agriculture has been set forth with a good deal of tedious 

 detail. I am frank to say that it has been done with a very 

 definite purpose. The desire has been to make emphatic 

 three points: 



First The College of Agriculture is located in Cali- 

 fornia. Berkeley, Riverside, Whittier, Davis, Meloland 

 and other places are merely points of operation. Los 

 Angeles is the headquarters of the Santa Fe Railroad, but 

 the Santa Fe Railroad is not located in Los Angeles. Last 

 year the College of Agriculture met face to face 150,000 

 citizens of California. 



