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Agriculture is relatively of more importance than it is at 

 home, and it is not improbable that they would appre- 

 ciate the opportunity of taking up the study of Agricul- 

 tural Science, and of becoming acquainted at first 

 hand with English Agriculture, which, after all, has 

 served as a model for the world during the past century 

 or more. 



In considering the question of providing ways and 

 means for the education in Rural Economy of Oxford's 

 alumni one fact must not be overlooked, namely, that 

 there exists at Reading an affiliated College, with fully 

 equipped Departments of Agriculture and Horticulture, 

 which is thoroughly qualified to impart applied post- 

 graduate instruction to any reasonable number of Oxford 

 men. I believe I am right in saying that when the 

 Department of Agriculture in that College was formed 

 the hope was cherished that it would be utilized to 

 a considerable extent by Oxford graduates desirous of 

 prosecuting the study of Rural Economy. Had this 

 result been realized, the case for developments within 

 the University, such as I have ventured to suggest, 

 could hardly, with any sense of self-respect, have been 

 considered. But comparison of the names of holders of 

 the Agricultural Diploma of the College with the roll 

 of graduates of this University, has failed to reveal 

 a single name common to the two lists ; while personal 

 inquiry has also failed to discover that any non-graduate 

 of the University has ever taken a recognized course of 

 study or prosecuted research in the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment at Reading. Twelve years' trial, therefore, would 

 appear to show that Oxford University life has been 

 practically unaffected by agricultural developments at 

 Reading, and the conclusion would also seem to be 

 justified that no movement within the University is 



