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AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES. 



It is safe to say that the agricultural college should be independent 

 and separate, and not be combined in any way with any institution or 

 university where studies not of an agricultural nature are pursued. 

 This has been proved by experience. Those students who attend an 

 agricultural college do so always with a very strong and deliberate 

 determination to study and advance themselves in the science 

 of agriculture. And the same cannot be said of those students who 

 attend universities; it is not necessary to particularize, but such is the 

 fact. If a young man desires to follow up technological studies, he 

 will choose an institute of technology, and the same of agricultural 

 studies. The science of agriculture is important enough to deserve a 

 separate institution, and will show better results when the college is 

 carried on independently, and the course of study should be eminently 

 practical as well as scientific. — Cor. New England Farmer. 



Fair Pomona, too, is rejoicing in the rapid extension of her king- 

 dom over the gardens and farms of the land. There are many indica- 

 tions that fruit cjilture is making rapid strides as an industry in all 

 parts of the country. Men of brains and experience and desire for 

 progress are forming themselves into associations for the promotion of 

 their work, and the old societies were never more useful than now. 

 The recent exhibitions have been remarkably complete and useful. 

 New varieties of great merit are being constantly introduced which 

 will increase the returns of cultivation. This year has seen marked 

 progress in varieties and methods, and general enlightenment on the im- 

 portance and possibilities of horticulture. The Iruit growers and gar- 

 dener occupy foremost places among the industries of the soil, and are 

 determined to keep there if organization and the spread of knowledge 

 can accomplish the object. — Ladies' Floral Cabinet. 



The New York ^Yorld says : '* Southwest Missouri presents a fairer 

 iield for the emigrant than most sections of our domain. Good society, 

 schools, churches, spring water, a mild and salubrious climate, cheap 

 lands, the capacity for varied productions are not the least of the many 

 inducements that invite the restless enterprise of the Eastern and 

 Middle States to seek homes in Southwestern Missouri. Plenty of wa- 

 ter is found by digging thirty to sixty feet. The principal productions 

 are corn, hay, wheat and potatoes. Rye, sorghum, tobacco and flax 

 are grown to some extent. All kinds of vegetables do well, also all 

 kinds of fruit. An important and profitable industry is fruit growing. 



