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From this it will be seen that no strictly agricultural college 

 could do the work required. The effort of the authorities of the 

 State College to give instructions in the various branches required 

 by Congress, was denounced by many persons as a departure from 

 the purpose of the institution as indicated by its name ; and the 

 fact that some of its graduates engaged in other pursuits than 

 agriculture was proclaimed as proof of failure or fraud on the part 

 of the Faculty. In many instances, students were prevented from 

 entering, under the impression that the college was designed for 

 only those who intended to be farmers. Courant, Feb. 14th, 

 1874. 



EXPERIENCE OF THE SHEFFIELD SCIENTIFIC SCHOOL. 



The reproach has sometimes been brought against this institution, 

 which received the Congressional Grant of 1862, that it was not 

 training agriculturists. Twice, at least, the investigations made 

 by the Professor of Agriculture in the Chemical Laboratory, re- 

 vealed the fraudulent character of certain popular fertilizers sold to 

 the farmers of the State, and thus saved the State hundreds of 

 thousands of dollars. far more than the institution received from 

 the National Grant. 



In that same institution, two books have been prepared, by 

 original scientific work, which are now the manuals of instruction in 

 this and other countries. The value of such research is seen by 

 the following statement : 



The success of the two books on agricultural chemistry, " How 

 Crops Grow," and " How Crops Feed," by Prof. Samuel \V. 

 Johnson, of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale College, is 

 somewhat remarkable, if we may judge from the favor which they 

 have met with from scientific men. The first of these two works is 

 now extant in three different languages English, German, and 

 Russian; and the second in two English and German. "How 

 Crops Grow" appeared in 1868, from the well known agricultural 

 publishing house of Orange Judd & Co., and has had a steady if 

 not extensive sale. The companion volume, " How Crops Feed," 

 appeared in 1870. The first volume, " How Crops Grow," was 

 reprinted in England in 180i>, by Macmillan & Co., from advance 

 sheets, under the joint editorship of Prof. A. H. Church, professor 

 of Chemistry in the Royal Agricultural College at Circencester, 



