DISCUSSION.

The article presents discussions by economists on some papers that are published in the May 1, 1953 issue of the journal "American Economic Review." The author in this article discusses economist Andrew Stewart's paper, which provides a survey and analysis of various curricula in agricultural economics in Canada and the U.S. The author states that he has only three comments to make concerning Stewart's paper. His first comment is designed solely to add emphasis to an important point made by Stewart. He states that one of the main failings in teaching economics to students of agriculture who do not intend to specialize in agricultural economics is that no clear concept of the general significance of the main body of economics is specified and made understandable to such students. Economics is essentially a study of alternatives, economics provides a system of thought within which alternative actions may be compared and appraised. This is, he believes, the unique contribution that economics can make in the education of the student who does not plan to major in economics. The author's second comment relates to Stewart's preference for the incorporation of the agricultural college within a university rather than the creation of a separate institution.