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" a profession for which he has perhaps little capacity, 

 " and where he is subjected to all the temptations of an 

 " idle life. Whereas, the Farm School proposes to impart 

 "an education which is appropriate to a farmer, which 

 " educates his body to the art, as well as his mind to the 

 " science of farming, and which will have the feature of 

 "making the Institution so nearly self-sustaining, as to 

 " bring education, in point of expense, within the reach of 

 "every man who desires to make his son an educated 

 " farmer." 



The probable expense of founding and sustaining such 

 a school is then given, and the necessity of founding it 

 still further dwelt upon. 



Whereupon, it was 



Resolved, That the report be referred to Frederick Watts, 

 George W. Woodward, and A. L. Elwyn, whose duty it 

 should be to address the people of the State upon the sub- 

 ject, and to apply to the next Legislature to amend the 

 bill as indicated in the report, and that said committee 

 make all necessary inquiries where the Farmers High 

 School of Pennsylvania may be most advantageously lo- 

 cated, and that they invite propositions from all parts of 

 the State, for its locality. 



A CALL FOR OFFERS OF A SITE FOR THE SCHOOL. 



The committee published an address, July 21st, 1854, 

 to the people of Pennsylvania, setting forth the claims of 

 the school, and its advantages to farmers, and the prospect 

 of its soon being located, and they called upon persons for 

 offers of inducements to locate it in specified localities. 



At the fourth annual meeting of the State Agricultural 

 Society, convened at Harrisburg, January 16th, 1855, a 

 resolution was passed expressive of the deep interest felt 

 by the State Agricultural Society of Pennsylvania in the 

 Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania, and praying the 

 Legislature, then in session, to make such change in the 

 Act of Incorporation of the Farmers' High School, as 

 would secure its establishment. 



At this meeting, the following communication was re- 

 ceived, which, because of the liberality of the donor, and 



