Excerpt from Research as a Career: Presidential Address I raise, therefore, three questions First - What should be the training of the investigator in agriculture? Second What are the most effective means of acquiring this train ing? Third - Are the conditions surrounding research 'work in agriculture such as are calculated to attract qualified men to it and to induce students to engage in definite preparation for it? These are large questions, of fundamental importance to the future of research in agriculture. He would be pre sumptuous, indeed, who should undertake to answer them on the basis of his own knowledge, and especially within the limits of one address, but the mere formulation of them may not be without its use. Certainly, it has seemed to some of us that the material basis of research has at present a tendency to outrun the supply of those qualified to utilize it, ' and that there are too many instances of mediocre men feel ing about for subjects of investigation or taking up irrelevant or petty questions. If this impression be correct, the situa tion is a serious one and calls for prompt action to avert the danger of a collapse. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.