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member of the British Association has recently said: "As 
the nineteenth century had its industrial revolution, so will 
the twentieth century have its agricultural revolution." 
So swiftly, too, are these changes rushing upon us that, in 
the words of the Looking-glass Queen : "It takes all the 
running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want 
to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast 
as that." 
It certainly takes a high rate of speed, in these days, to 
keep pace with agriculture. It is hard enough for the indi- 
vidual to adjust himself to the new ideals and conditions, but 
still harder for a whole community. Two contradictory ele- 
ments belong in every locality ; it is always so. Discuss farm 
pleasures and profits with a philanthropist or a social worker 
and the response is quick and enthusiastic ; he sees a vision, 
even though he does not know exactly how to realize it. 
Try, however, to talk with some grizzled farmer as you jog 
along with him behind old Nell, and ten to one he will omi- 
nously shake his head. He has never dreamed ; he is too 
" practical." To your disappointment the topic is closed al- 
most before it is begun. These instances show how the past 
and the future overlap in the present. The prophecy of suc- 
cess confronts the story of defeat. It is the educator who 
must look squarely at both. 
In agriculture, as in everything else, the big things attract 
attention first. Merely to hear about them makes the pulse 
beat quicker. Some of these achievements impress us as we 
whiz past them on the long-distance train ; some of them 
we may be lucky enough to visit ; plenty of them we can read 
about. Among the number are the ten-thousand-acre wheat 
fields, with the thirty-two-horse-power reaper, the great rainless 
farms, the wonderful stretches of built-up soil. They include 
the acres of glass frames that, like ponds in the distance, 
