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&quot;4. A Library and Philosophical Apparatus : 



&quot;5. Stock and Implements for the farm : and, 



&quot;6. Shops for the construction of farm implements and 

 machinery, for the use of the farm, for the illustration of me 

 chanical science, and to afford practical instructions to the 

 pupils in mechanics. 



&quot; These items of expense, which may be considered prelimi 

 nary and permanent, together with the cost of the furniture 

 required for the school building 1 , are estimated at $7,500. 



&quot; 1. The plan of education might embrace: practical in 

 structions in the various operations and labours of the farm, 

 the garden, the orchards, and the shops : and, 



&quot; 2. The study of the natural sciences generally, mathe 

 matics, mechanics, chemistry, and drawing, so far as these 

 may conduce or become subservient to agricultural improve 

 ment ; together with such other branches of knowledge as 

 will qualify the students for the higher duties of civil life 

 such as will fit them to become independent electors, discreet- 

 jurors, faithful magistrates, and wise legislators. 



&quot; As prerequisites to admission to the school, the pupils 

 might be required to possess a good common school education, 

 to be at least fourteen years of age, and of good moral cha 

 racter. Four years might constitute a course of studies ; and 

 the internal regulations and police of the school might be 

 conformed, in a measure, to those of our military academy. 



&quot; A department of the farm should be set apart for experi 

 ments in husbandry, and the details and results of these 

 experiments accurately registered. The ^garden and the or 

 chard should contain all the good hardy fruits, and specimens 

 of all hardy plants, that may be useful on the farm, in the 

 arts, in commerce, or that are ornamental in order that the 

 relative value of different species and varieties may be deter 

 mined, and their mode of culture and process of curing taught 

 to the pupils, and the approved kinds furnished for public 

 distribution. 



&quot; To put the school into operation, there will be required 

 a principal, professors, and teachers a steward and ser 

 vants, for the school : 



&quot; A manager, labourers, and assistants, for the farm : 



