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thai that question has been pretty well worked out, and thai bo far as the mere 
question of adjustmenl of time is concerned the .- * 1 1 * - 1 1 1 1 » t has been to establish 
equity as between the college and tin 1 station; but I believe it is also true thai 
in this matter two ami two do not always make four. I am very sure that two 
half men arc not anywhere Dear equal to one whole man. and. going still fur- 
ther. I think that four quarter men ate worth very little. 
I am very much gratified at the interest which has been manifested and the 
spirit in which this subject has been discussed. I believe it is a live subject. 
I believe that it is imperative now. if this experiment-station enterprise is to 
reach large success, that there should he a reform; that the tendency should he 
in the other direction from what it now appears to be; that the sentiment and 
policy of these institutions should he, as rapidly as conditions w ill allow, to dif- 
ferentiate hetween the station and the school or college of agriculture, and to 
have just what the Hatch Act calls for — a department of the college devoted to 
research. We should work toward that just as fast as we can if we desire this 
experiment-station enterprise to succeed, and I helieve it is especially timely to 
consider this now. in ^ iew of the hope that we have of an increase in the sta- 
tion funds. If that conies, I helieve the directors all over the country should 
know that their colleagues will support them in an endeavor to secure a more 
clean-cut organization of the experiment stations as distinct departments of 
research. 
W. J. Fraser, of Illinois. It seems to me it is of greater importance to have 
the subdivision of the Subject more minute than it is. to decide as to whether 
a man is going to devote the most of his time to experiment-station or to col- 
lege work. In the dairy department of the University of Illinois there are two 
of us that are giving all of our time to dairy cattle^ — one to the subject of milk 
and another to the suhject of hutter. In the animal husbandry department one 
man devotes all of his time to swine, and I think he has done hetter work the 
past year than if he were working either in the college or station in the whole 
suhject of animal husbandry. It seems to me that one of the best ways out of 
the difficulty is to divide the subjects more minutely and have a man get nearer 
to the bottom of bis subject, both in the station and the college. I will say. 
however, that the beads of departments in our institution do very little teach- 
ing, but spend most of their time in investigation work. 
F. B. Linfield, of Montana. There has been within the past few years a 
very great increase in the number of men employed in the agricultural colleges 
and experiment stations, and I believe that there are more men who are devot- 
ing their whole time to investigation at the present time than ever before. The 
tendency seems to be in the right direction. Without a certain amount of help 
from the station it is probable that in a great many cases the college would have 
to cut off some of its departments ; at the same time, without some help from 
the other side, it is probable that that station would have to cut off several of 
its departments. Some will say that is advisable. There are conditions, how- 
ever, in which that would not be advisable, and the college and station may he 
mutually helpful. It is a good thing for an investigator to do a little teaching; 
that has been conceded. I think there is a great deal in the thought that a good 
teacher must be an investigator, whether he does the work under the direction 
of an experiment station or in some other way. How is the teacher or the 
investigator to do the best work in this dual capacity? The plan which I have 
thought about is the one suggested by Director Hills. In this division of the 
agricultural field, which at present is going on so rapidly, such a division of 
labor from one part of the year to another is a very easy possibility. 
H. P. Armsby. I have hastily computed the relative increase in the teachers 
and the nonteachers on the station force, as shown by the official statistics of 
