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tioii, the president of the state agricultural society, 

 the commissioner of agriculture, and a representa- 

 tive of the State Grange, together with five persons 

 appointed at large hy the governor. The remaining 

 twenty-seven trustees are chosen hy the alumni or 

 elected hy tlie trustees in office, with two exceptions. 

 Thus, the governing hoard of the University, includ- 

 ing tlie State College of Agriculture, is divided be- 

 tween persons who represent the public interests of 

 the State, and those who stand for the private inter- 

 ests of the corporation and the body of alumni, an ar- 

 rangement that would seem to secure the advantages 

 of both types of direction with a minimum of the dis- 

 advantages of either acting separately. A special ex- 

 ecutive committee or council of the Board acts as 

 the intermediary in the administration of the College 

 of Agriculture and works in close cooperation with 

 the Director of the College. 



The objects of the College of Agriculture as stated 

 in its charter are defined to be " to improve the agri- 

 cultural methods of the State, to develop the agricul- 

 tural resources of the State in the production of crops 

 of all kinds, in the rearing and breeding of live-stock, 

 in the manufacture of daiiy and other products, in 

 determining better methods of handling and market- 

 ing such products and in other ways ; and to increase 

 the intelligence and elevate the standards of living in 

 the rural districts." 



Under the charter the institution stands for the 

 broadest possible development of the agricultural in- 

 terests of the State in people and materials. To carry 



