so STUDENT LIFE rotations and in disseminating agri- No sane cultural infonnation mind knowing the possibilities of agriculture can dwell upon them without becoming enthusiastic To acquire knowledge is to master relations We must not fall into the habit of thinking that knowledge of an object as such is more inqxirtaut than mastering its relaWe must tions to other objects not make the word relatioi identical with the term dependence ' he relations of men to the soil vary hut their deendence iqon it remains almost a fixed quantity Soil cultivation has just as much to do with the wealth of Lyman Gage as it had to tlo with the worldly possesMr sions of Sterling J Morton Gage is an eminent hanker of Chi- Mr 'Morton was a widely- known agriculturist of Nebraska Their red at ions to the soil differed: their dependence upon it was praccago: tically the same Lverv occupation in life affects other occupations and is in turn influenced bv them Some prefer to speak of this process as social reflex action The simple meaning of it all is that A cannot be tied to 1 without P being tied to A Wre are not to infer however from the fact that A and I are connected that each exerts the same inllucnce upon the- other In determining the direct and rellex influence of each upon the other all the factors entering in must be taken into account It will appear iqxm examination that no two persons are just alike in power and influence and that no two objects ever possess exactly the same set of relations As a result social problems are complex from the moment of their existence Agronomists horticulturists students of animal husbandry and of farm mechanics work each of them in a distinct field Each class of workers is engaged in solving a different set of problems each in seems separated some measure The results of their from the rest labors however at any given time when carefully studied blend into a harmonious whole Eundamental-l- v they are mastering the same set of relations from different standJ F E points - gen-eral- lv