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The farmer should understand thoroughly the principles of me- 

 chanics upon which all his tools are formed, his various implement 

 constructed. Ve need not pursue the catalogue further to con" net 

 the most skeptical :n this audience that there is a wide field open d 

 rectly before h™, and connected with his pursuit, which it would be 

 profitable for him to know and understand. The study of hes 

 subjects will be to him an unfailing source of pleasure, L can no 

 fail to improve and refine all his sensibilities Indeed there is no 

 branch of knowledge that will not be serviceable toiimTher 

 are none from which he can not divine some hint or some law that 

 ^ay e applicable to some one of his varied pursuits; ancl Z^ wH 

 tend to refine his feelings, to enlarge his intellect, to elevate and 



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either to him or to his pursuit. ' 



We have presented here in brief, some of the subjects which will 

 occupy the special attention of the students in this department Ind 

 one of the prominent features of our plan, is, that theory shall be 

 oined with practice. It is hoped, by experiments, to setfle many 

 important inquiries, and ,n these experiments make many valuable 

 discoveries. J, propose here to have science join hand, with art 

 science must blow the bellows and art mu.st strile; and ofTen th y 

 will be under the necessity of changing wort. This cours it il 

 believed, will give a living, tangible reality to what are now iooked 

 upon as mere abstractions ; and this course would have a Tost ht 

 pyfy ng efi-ect upon every department of study. This thorough .sys- 

 tematic application of science in one department, would be^car^d 

 into every other branch of study, and give to every student a ed 

 and interest which could be effected in no way so well. W IZl 

 then have no walking eneyclopedias-who had much know ed "bit 

 who^ould apply itto little or no account-but active, efiicient,U;i!t 



To carry out these plans, and to complete this course of industri 

 al university tra ning for the Agriculturist, we have pu h d ne 

 hundred acres of ground, surrounding this spot, to be subd vided 

 into departments for fruits, for grains, for grass, for vegetables and 

 a botanic garden of twenfv »ovf^<^ Ti. j- • • ' ^ 



woodland of fifteen ac Is t^n "''""''' '^""'"''"S a 



upon which we slu " 'e a few """• " ''"""'' ''' "' '" S™"' 

 1 X ^ ^ ^^^ superior anima s. In the p-rain 



department, we shall gather together, and tost, varieties of "ai" 

 under varied approved forms of culture, that we may ascertain the 



