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(12.) A place and location for experiments, the special field 

 of instruction belonging to the institute, should not be wanting, 

 yet it should serve only for the purposes of science and instruc- 

 tion, and therefore not be carried on with reference to the 

 highest profit. 



(13.) The professors of agriculture should be fitly educated, 

 practically and scientifically, and be appointed only on the 

 ground of this special fitness. 



(14.) The present stand-point of science requires the ap- 

 pointment of special professors for the more important aux- 

 iliary branches, and the holding of several departments by one 

 person is impracticable. 



(15.) The teaching of the auxiliary sciences is judicious for 

 farmers, but never should be given as the so-called agricultural 

 science. 



(16.) The course of instruction in agriculture can be com- 

 pleted in two years only in case of a good preparatory educa- 

 tion to begin with. Those less thoroughly prepared will have 

 to devote one or more extra terms to the study of the auxiliary 

 sciences. Institutes which profess to teach the whole of agri- 

 culture to those imperfectly prepared, in two years, are worthy 

 of no confidence. 



(17.) The student of agriculture must have full control of 

 his actions, like other students, and not feel under restraint. 



(18.) The connection of lower grade schools (where the 

 pupils do the work) with the higher institutes, is to be rejected. 



(19.) It is desirable, if the institutes are connected with 

 universities, and properly founded and endowed, to have 

 experimental stations, adequately endowed, created in connec- 

 tion with them. 



(20.) The maintenance of institutes located from financial 

 or other reasons in connection with a university, appears then 

 the more secure, if reorganized and carried on according to 

 this plan. 



The great majority of what are called agricultural schools in 

 Europe are mere manual labor schools, and on a very limited 

 scale at that. In Ireland alone there are one hundred and 

 thirty-four such schools. France has three regional schools on 

 the same footing as that at Grignon, though I believe the two 

 others are not quite so flourishing, one agronomic institute at 



