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greater attention to, and Vjetter systems of education in New- York ; but wliat ai-e ihoir tern\3 

 and rcgnliitioiis — the number and qualification of the Professors, and the plans of instmction, 

 we are not informed. Such institutes shoidJ be gotten up with gi-eat care, under the best 

 lights, and be <;onducted by men of adequate acqnii'ements, and of elevated ideas of tho 

 im{)ortance ;uid usefulness of then- office ; and we have no reason to doubt that this has been 

 done in the cases refeired to. 



Our General Govertmient, by the vote of the Representatives of the landed interest, ap- 

 propriates annually more than $100,000 to the object oi military instruction .' Suppose in 

 their wasdom these Representatives had supportetl also, at the same expense, for the last 

 thirty years, an Institution for the Instruction of Teachers of Surveying, Mineralogy, Botany, 

 Comparative Anatomy Agricultural Chemistry, Carpentry, and Engineering as connected 

 v)ith the StructAire of Roads, Canals, Bridges, ^-c. Mechanical Philosophy, and all the ai"t3 

 and sciences, necessary to a better understanding of the principles of Agi-iculture and Horti 

 culture and the manufacturing arts ? What a mass of useflil knowledge might by this time 

 have been diffused through every State in this Union ! Knowledge which could not be 

 put in use without increasing the comforts of and happiness of Society I Ay, and this will 

 come to pass, in time, when, by the proper education of the rising generation, fanners are 

 brought to think for themselves to feel their power and to know how to use it. 



FAIR OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



For the IMineteenth Fair of the American Institute, including an exhibition of 

 pure-blooded and other cattle, a plowing match, and spading match, and horticul- 

 tural show, the Managers announce the completion of extensive arrangements on 

 the spacious premises, corner of Twenty-third street and Fifth-avenue. 



Feed of every description will be provided on the ground at the cheapest pos- 

 sible rate for those who wish to purchase ; and as no entrance money for cattle 

 will be required, and exhibitors may bring their own feed, the expenses on the 

 occasion will he greatly reduced. 



Animals offered for premiums will be under the special direction of a member 

 of the agricultural board. 



All entries of stock must be made in writing, and delivered to the clerk at the 

 time of entry at the committee room, on Monday, the 12th day of October, with 

 full pedigrees of the animals, their breed, ages, owners' names, &c. : and with 

 such observations as to their food, thrift, constitution, milking or fattening quali- 

 ties, as they may sec proper to add. If previously sent to T. B. Wakeman, Cor- 

 responding Secretary of the Institute, they will be attended to. This is abso- 

 lutely necessary, that the Secretary may be able to prepare lists in time for the 

 use of the Examining Committee ; and neither the Secretary nor the Committee 

 will be responsible for the omission of any animal on the lists, if this rule is not 

 complied with. Labels stating the breed of the animal, age, owner's name, num- 

 ber of entry, &c. will be appended to each animal, as soon as located. 



The rule in force at former Fairs, of excluding animals which have already 

 taken prizes of the American Institute, is abolished, and the premiums are now 

 open for competition without reservation. 



In a work like this, which is patronized over the whole country, and, in pro- 

 portion to population, with remarkable equality as to the number of its friends, 

 it cannot be expected that we should lill several pages with the details of these 

 arrangements; nor is it necessary, since they will be so widely diffused through 

 other channels. Suflice it to say that these arrangements are the result uf manv 



