The trail blazers . ds—as National Collegesfor the advancement of general scientific and industrial education. In the ful-fillment of this broad function, especially after the establishment of the auxiliaryexperiment stations, the colleges devoted themselves, from the start, to the pro-motion of agriculture and the dissemination of constructive agricultural infor-mation. They were the first agencies in America to systematize crop rotationfor soil building; first to restore worn-out soils by the use of nitrogen-gatheringlegumes; first to employ seed selection on a large scale for the improvemen
The trail blazers . ds—as National Collegesfor the advancement of general scientific and industrial education. In the ful-fillment of this broad function, especially after the establishment of the auxiliaryexperiment stations, the colleges devoted themselves, from the start, to the pro-motion of agriculture and the dissemination of constructive agricultural infor-mation. They were the first agencies in America to systematize crop rotationfor soil building; first to restore worn-out soils by the use of nitrogen-gatheringlegumes; first to employ seed selection on a large scale for the improvement ofplant varieties and crop yields; first to hybridize and top-graft selected fruitvarieties with a view to the general betterment of horticulture; and first to demon-strate the value of scientific dairying and live-stock breeding. They have takenthe initiative in the destruction of insect pests, in the prevention, eradication, orabatement of crop and fruit diseases, and in the correction of the evils incident 11. SHEPARD HALL, THE T. M. C. A. BUILDING to defective or excessive irrigation. They have led the way, through compre-hensive campaigns of extension, demonstration, and farm cooperation, for thespread of constructive agriculture to every county and every community in theirrespective states. The agricultural colleges, in short, have been the most dynamicand immediate forces in the past half century in restoring old types of agricultureto a profitable basis; in opening up new and more reliable sources of farm pro-duction; and in mutually relating agriculture, on the one hand, and science andindustry, on the other, in such a way as to broaden and energize the whole indus-trial situation. In Wisconsin, for instance, to give a few generally-known examples in a statewhere statistics have been regularly compiled, the development of an improvedtype of barley has yielded an income of $12,000,000, and is still adding to thissum; the prevention of wheat smut has saved the farmer
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