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Show THE SCOPE OF AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES The Orange Ju Id Termer Ins some prettj clear Ideia tegardlni? whit our agricultural cnllegea ahoul 1 leach and that iair okes lh sentiments of the masses when It wsrn against making the lanl grant colleges weak Imitators of the universities while the neglect things for which thex were founded Speaking of a tecent convention of agricultural college workers, the l'arm-er l'arm-er sax a It la reficshlntr to observe that hroal sensible nnd progressive views crrled the drtj at the recent meeting of the inerlcun Issotliitlon of Agrl- til ten Ml i olleaea and r xperlment Millions Mil-lions Without weakening college woik In engineering or Ussli the aeao la lion stands pledge I more than ever to promote the agricultural aide of edum tlonal work n1 ihli. Is right grl-cultuie grl-cultuie with all It hurtles muat be made the hading feature of an agricultural agri-cultural college that Is worth) of the name n I the aunnei the no-called agricultural college Is reformed which now ellghtH ngrlc nil tire the better The new executive committee of the association asso-ciation represent this irogreeslve element ele-ment xeij fnrclbh with audi men as Treat tent Patterson of Kentuckv Prisldinia Mtcgnt of Minnesota ( V ( urtlsa of Iowa 1 mlan of Nov "ioik and While of cltoiglu Our Western agrliultiiial college that are teally true to their mime and purpose have made Immense stride of late nars Some of these cnllegea In the Middle Southern and lastein State are far behind the Wet In this respect Hut the public demands for rational methods meth-ods of education la becoming Irresistible Irresisti-ble evei)hcre In the desire of pro uremic e farmer to keep abreast of the times |