532 MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AT MOUNT AIRY. 

 Iq recognition of the popular feeling referred to in the preceding article, and 

 from his own clear perception of what is demanded for the dignity and benefit of 

 American Agriculture, proposals have been issued by Mr. James Gowen, (well 

 and favorably known for his zeal and energy, and the liberal scale of his expen- 

 ditures in the field of practical Agriculture,) for the establishment of an Agricul- 

 tural College at Mount Airy, near Germantown, Pa., in a healthy region of in- 

 dustrious practical Farmers. 



"The terms will be two hundred dollars per annum, for board and tuition, payable half- 

 yearly iu advance — no extras, except for modern languages, for which it may be necessary 

 to make some additional charge." 



Were it our custom to insert, as it is not, either advertisements or proposals at 

 length, which, like this, are in the nature of advertisements, it would be alto- 

 gether unnecessary in this case, for the information of the public, it being all 

 sufficient, if not more respectful toward him and his design, merely to state that 

 Mr. GoAVEN has undertaken to supply what he justly considers " the great desid- 

 eratum — a training in rural economy, pending the progress of the student in 

 literature so that when he shall graduate, he may not only have achieved the 

 usual attainments acquired in literary institutions, but exhibit a thorough and well 

 o-rounded knowledge of practical and theoretical Agriculture and Horticulture, 

 and possess, in a superior degree, the presumable addition of good health and 

 habits ; being thereby the better fitted to enter upon the general duties of life, or 

 into any profession as that of Agriculture." 



Than this enterprise of Mr. G., few can be imagined of a more responsible 

 character, when its true nature is properly understood and appreciated ; and none 

 can excel him in the spirit to go ahead, in whatever he undertakes as proved 

 by the best of all tests — his actual success in the branches of industry to which 

 ke kas devoted his time and talents. For the conduct of such an establishment, 

 he is among the last who need be told that Professors of the highest attainments, 

 of the purest character, and of the most elevated ambition, will be required. 

 Happily, and doubtless with a view to insure such men, the terms prescribed 

 will command the services of the first Professors to be found, whether at home 

 or abroad. Under the management of such men, all cultivators who can afford it 

 will rejoice on behalf of their sons, to avail themselves of an institution where 

 they may be taught not to follow in the footsteps of their predecessors, but to 

 advance, by a more elevated path, to a higher platform of intelligence and effi- 

 ciency. An institution in which they may be inspired with a fondness for their 

 pursuit, by the charms of its proper literature ; and where they may learn by 

 experiments on the spot to comprehend and illustrate all its principles. 



The chief difficulty as we apprehend, will be to engage professors of the various 

 and proper qualifications. It is to rear and provide an ample stock of such, (we 

 may here repeat), that we need in the first instance, normal establishments in 

 each State in the Union, to be maintained and conducted on a plan similar to that 

 of the West Point Academy. Scf, after waiting happily for thirty years, for an 

 opportunity to gather the crimsoiied fruits of warlike achievements, Avhat irre- 

 sistible prowess and efliciency the elcvcs of that institution communicated to the 



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