446 State Board ok Agriculture, &c. 



ations of funds to estaljlish a Boai'd of Agricultui*e, and to 

 publish its doings. 



Colleges, for the special benefit of the farmer, have been 

 founded, in which agriculture, the mechanic arts and the 

 natural sciences are to be taught ; l)ut the advocates of 

 tli(ise schools, having learned from observation and experi- 

 ence that a classical course of study is essential for a thor- 

 ough mental training, have practically ignored their work. 



From the East to the West and from the North to the 

 Soutli, associations for the improvement and elevation of 

 the laboring classes have been formed. All this unrest and 

 tossing to and fro on the part of the laborers in our coun- 

 try indicate a lack of thorough mental culture. 



A well disciplined mind and a good store of general 

 information constitute the only guarantee of success in 

 any vocation of life, and, in our opinion, would harmonize 

 all the difficulty between the capitalist and the laborer, and 

 also between the producer and the consumer. 



Tliis tacit and openly acknowledged demand on the part 

 of professional men and laborers for a more complete 

 mental culture, is a proof that the discipline formerly 

 acquired by men who hastily entered into practical busi- 

 ness is not, in the end, desirable. 



Knowledge, however desirable, is not the object sought 

 by the real instructor. There is a vast difference between 

 a pile of the various materials of which a house is built 

 and the house itself. The one is a shapeless mass of 

 confused matter, entirely useless as a tenement for human 

 beings, the other a thing of beauty, fitted for the protec- 

 tion and comfort of man. 



