Show 2S Student repaid the people of the state for all the money they have expended for agricultural education and experimentation And the benefits of this work will be enjoyed indefinitely One might go on and on citing examples cf the good accomplished by scientific agriculturists but lack cf space prevents our giving any more than the foregoing These however are sufficient to illustrate our point The problems already solved are merely a trifle compared with those confronting us All the problems will never be solved because the ever changing conditions produce new questions This should assure the student of agricultural science that he may ahvays make himself useful and that the knowledge he acquires in his studies can ahvays be of use to him A few of the problems confronting agricultural workers will be enumerated We mentioned above the fact that the formalin treatment for bunt prevention discovered by Bailey was beneficial in many conditions It is not however entirely satisfactory It is not always reliable Just why it is not and the exact conditions that operate against its complete success are not known The man who can solve these problems will render his L1f people a great service will ultimately do it you ? Somebody Why not The grain rusts present another problem Absolutely nothing is known regarding a method of preventing their ravages They sometimes destroy a hundred million dollars worth of grain in a single year The leading citizens of the nation recognize that this great loss justifies us in spending large sums in finding a preventative and much money is being expended in the search Pear blight presents another difficult problem Several men in the country are working on this and the successful one will render invaluable service As a matter of fact it is almost useless to attempt to name the problems that confront the scienThere are really tific agriculturist thousands of them of varying importance Each agricultural worker may at least assist in the solution of some of them Most of the diseases of plants and animals the best cultural systems for different soils and localities plant breeding animal breeding insect pests and so on present a perfect myriad of problems to occupy the time and attention and to demand the life work of thousands of agricultural students Now' let us consider the economic |