ANNUAL REPORT—INDUSTRIAL NEEDS. 
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THE AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY 
Is progressing as well, perhaps, as should be expected under 
the circumstances of inadequate means and a small working 
force. The farm is steadily undergoing improvement under 
the fostering care of the board of regents, and the professor 
of agriculture is conducting various important experiments 
thereon, in addition to his labors in the lecture room. So 
much of his report to the board of regents as should be repub¬ 
lished for the information of the readers of this society’s Trans¬ 
actions will be included in this volume. 
THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, ARTS AND LETTERS 
Has had another prosperous year. Its meetings have been 
well attended and have brought out the results of various 
important investigations, which it is presumed will be pub¬ 
lished. Aiming at the progress of industry through scientific 
discover}^ and a hearty co-operation with the industrial organ¬ 
izations of the state in securing the application of science to the 
practical arts, it should have friendly recognition everywhere 
and among all classes of the people. 
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INDUSTRIAL NEEDS OF THE STATE. 
As was intimated at the outset, it is not our purpose, within 
the necessarily narrow limits of this report, to enter upon a 
full discussion of even such of our industrial faults and 
deficiencies as are most important, but simply to so mark 
them in bold outline as to arrest the attention of those who 
must be held mainly responsible for their correction. 
First of ail, we are in great need of a 
LESS GREED OF LAND. 
Nearly all Americans descended from English ancestry 
have inherited a strong desire for large farms. Whether it be 
owing to the fact that the estates of England have always 
been vast in extent with a marked tendency to become yet 
