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reorganization of the farming business as shall permit 

 specialization of funetiou in the iiulivichuils who take 

 part in agriculture along the lines of their personal 

 training and qualifications. Like a great machine 

 made up of many parts and each with its particular 

 work to perform, so agriculture would seem to be a 

 business best carried on in sucli sized units as will 

 concentrate volume, apply special skill and insure 

 continuity of work. The educational development 

 of the subject foreshadows the economic and social 

 development. The opportunity for real rural com- 

 munity Iniilding to provide adequately for all these 

 needs and limitations is large and everywhere at 

 hand. 



Agricultural colleges have taken the lead in the ap- 

 preciation of the importance of the personal well- 

 being of the workers because of the intimate relation 

 that has always existed between the rural business of 

 agriculture and the intellectual, social and moral 

 life of the people engaged in it. A farm is usually 

 a home as well as a business. 



In addition to the University course of instruction 

 based on the usual higli-school preparation and lead- 

 ing to the degree of bachelor of science, the State Col- 

 lege of Agriculture has found it desirable to offer 

 shorter courses of study based on less preparation. 

 These have been forced by the lack of facilities for 

 such instruction in the secondary schools and have 

 been the forenmners of such instruction. Students 

 are admitted for special courses of study and for short 

 or winter-courses of a few weeks. SucIi students 



