162 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



bending a popular course of lectures. Physical strength lieing requisite to perform 

 the work required on the farm, they should be at least of the age of 14 years. 



The numl)er of pupils should not exceed 100 at the conmiencement of the institu- 

 tion, and should )je divided into three classes. 



The free, or third class, not exceeding twenty in number, should obligate themselves 

 to stay two years and perform the work of the farm, where they sliould receive 

 board and lodging free, every evening have a lecture on the work performed during 

 the day, and also be exercised in reading, writing, and arithmetic. Their employ- 

 ment should be so arranged that everyone may become acquainted with all the dif- 

 ferent branches of the institution. Should the pupils of this class desire to enter a 

 higher class after the first year, they should prove their capacity by an examination; 

 and they will then be obliged, like the pupils of the second and first classes, to pay 

 for board. 



The second class, not exceeding sixty in number should stay two years, to accpiire 

 a theoretical and practical knowledge of agriculture and all the branches connected 

 with it. The pupil of this class is obliged to attend to the different work every 

 other day. Should a pupil of this class desire to enter the first class, he should be 

 examined as to his capacity. 



The first class, intended for twenty pupils. In this class such pupils only shcjuld 

 be admitted as have been two years in the second class, and desire to perfect them- 

 selves as professors for similar establishments. The pupils of this class should have 

 the superintendency of other pupils. 



ORDKK OF THE DAY. 



The signal for the hour of rising and retiring, as well as for the different meals, and 

 the commencement and termination of the work, should be given by a bell. 



The hour for rising in spring and summer should be half past 4 o'clock; in fall 

 and winter, half past 5 o'clock. 



One-quarter of an hour after rising, the bell should ring for breakfast; after which 

 the pupils proceed to their different occupations in the stables, field, barn, garden, 

 work-shops, etc., according to directions given the evening before. 



At 10 o'clock a. m. the pupils should be summoned by the bell from their work, 

 to their rooms, when they prepare themselves for dinner, and having a recess until 

 1 o'clock p. m., at which hour the pupils return to their work, during the spring, 

 fall, and winter seasons; and at 3 o'clock p. m. during the summer season, accord- 

 ing to the order of the day. 



The bell should ring for supper during the spring, summer, and fall at 6 o'clock; 

 during the winter, at 5 o'clock, which would give recess till 7 o'clock, when supper 

 should be ready. 



After supper, at about 8 o'clock, all the pupils should proceed to the museum, 

 where the report of the day's work is read and illustrated; and at the same time the 

 order for the next day's work is communicated to the pupils who have remained at 

 home. They remain till 9 o'clock employed in writing their journals, reading, etc., 

 at which hour the bell should ring for bed. 



Half of the number of the pupils should each day be exempt from outdoor work,. 

 and remain at home engaged in theoretical studies. They . assemble, after having 

 taken breakfast with the rest of the pupils, at the museum, where they study their 

 lessons. At 7 o'clock a. in. in fall and winter and at 6 o'clock a. m. in summer and 

 spring they should proceed to the riding school and horse stable, where they receive 

 lectures on horsemanship, and breeding horses, etc. 



After this, they should return to the lecture rooms, where lectures on the differ- 

 ent sciences are given until 11 o'clock. 



At half past 11 o'clock a. m. they should take dinner with the rest of the pupils, 



