204 BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



Mr. Terrell. I do not feel competent to say very much 

 upon this subject. It is true I visited the school last winter, 

 and I will say I was greatly pleased with what it is doing, 

 with the use made of its facilities, with the interest that the 

 boys there manifested in the school ; and I am glad to say 

 that I am told that some of the boys who graduated at the 

 end of the two years' term that is provided for them, express 

 a desire to return and learn something more. Tlieir enthusi- 

 asm, their interest in farming and in all rural occupations 

 has been stimulated a good deal. This is encouraging. It 

 ought to incite the farmers of this State, I tliink, to patronize 

 that school. As Mr. Hubbard said, the first thing is for 

 farmers to inform themselves of the objects of the school, 

 what it is doing, what it can do, and is likely to do, and to 

 become acquainted with the teachers and with the facilities of 

 the school for imparting instruction, and for doing the work 

 which it was etablished to do. That can best be done, I think, 

 by men going there and examining for themselves. 



It is an experiment station to instruct the young men, not 

 only in the oi'dinary course of farm work, but to instruct 

 them in the more intelligent use of the means of drawing 

 wealtli from the soil. We have come to that stage in agri- 

 culture in this State, an(J in this country, where we have got 

 to use more fertilizers than we can manufacture on our farms. 

 The experiments made there in the use of fertilizers make an 

 impression upon them, and seed is planted in their minds 

 that is destined to grow in the future. It must grow in the 

 minds of the youth that are ambitious and enthusiastic, and 

 many of the youth of our farmers have enthusiasm and ambi- 

 tion. This is, I believe, the place to stir up this enthusiasm, 

 to impart information, to stimulate them to inquiry ; and that 

 is part of the work there — to stimulate their minds to investi- 

 gation, to inform themselves early in their lives how to begin 

 operations, how to study the best methods, and how to apply 

 them, the study of books, and the study of sciences, is all 

 used in connection with the efforts made to practically demon- 

 strate the results. Now, while this is being done, the farm 



