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theory of relations. Its ultimate object is to give expression to 
values which shall assist the farmer in the largest sense in meeting 
and overcoming the various obstacles which arise in the practice of 
his pursuit. The business of agriculture is one of relations between 
factors which may be classed as those subject to control and those 
which are localized by natural circumstances, but which may in a de- 
- gree be subjected to the influences of man. In the former class may 
be itemized seed, cultivation, fertility and the timing of processes. In 
the second class we may mention climate and soil. ‘Thus the farmer 
can determine what crop he shall raise, how much cultivation he shall 
apply, how much fertility he shall add to his soil, when he shall plant 
and cultivate and fertilize and harvest. In order to act the most 
wisely, the farmer should know what the value is of the seed he is 
using, know the circumstances of changed culture and fertility, as 
well as should know whether through improvement in the seed the re- 
lations of culture and fertility may not become changed. In a word, 
should relations of processes change as change in the individual factors 
occur? If the seed be improved, does this mean in obtaining. the 
best results a change in the amount of cultivation applied and fertil- 
izer used? It seems reasonable to believe that fertilizing or cultivating 
beyond the capacity of the seed to produce is a waste, as also to be- 
lieve that cultivating or fertilizing below the capacity of the seed to 
produce is also a waste. ‘l'o determine the value of these factors and 
their relations is a fit subject for agricultural experimentation, but 
there are also various other collateral as well as separate objects which 
may also be profitably subjected to study. 
In husbandry we deal with the relations of agriculture, with those 
of stock raising and management, as well as with the utilizing and 
manufacturing of products, and thus are dealing with a more com- 
plicated series of inter-relations. While agriculture deals with crops, 
husbandry covers the whole field of farming practice. There is, 
hence, a wide field of experimentation open here, not only in de- 
termining the values of food and stock, but also in seeking for the re- 
lations that exist between the stock and the farm crops, the stock and 
their produce, and between the product and the farm system. 
‘The duties of an agricultural experiment station comprise dissemi- 
-nation as well as investigation, ‘To bring its experiments before the 
public, not alone through its annual report, but as well in other ways, 
is a duty that could not be neglected. Hence, at the earliest practi- 
cal moment, your director commenced the issuance of weekly bul- 
letins, which were printed upon slips, and copies sent'weekly to the 
agricultural press of the State, to all other papers which applied, to 
the directors of other stations, and to such papers without the State 
as sent copies of their publications in return. A few copies were also 
mailed to gentlemen who occupy no public position, but who are identi- 
fied with agricultural progress. Bulletin No. 1 was dated July 24, 
aud this and its successors bear the following superscription: ‘* These 
series of frequent reports are intended to inform the public of prog- 
ress at the station rather than to give complete results.” ‘These bul- 
letins have been extensively copied by the local press and by the agri- 
cultural press of regions widely separated. 
