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constant residence, — as is now frequently done at our medical 

 schools. In this way, the best talents in the community might 

 be commanded, and at a reasonable expense. 



" I would require, in the next place, that the pupils should be 

 placed in a condition of perl'ect equality, and that a certain 

 amount of labor should be made compulsory on all, at such a rate 

 of wages as should be deemed just, according to the ability of 

 the pupil, and the nature of the woik done. An account should 

 be kept for every pupil, and another by every pupil, of the labor 

 performed by him, which should be passed to his credit. The 

 farm account should be kept with faithful exactness, and be al- 

 ways open to the inspection of the pupils; and after the deduction 

 of the rent, and the necessary burdens and expenses, and some 

 amount kept as a reserve or accumulating fund for the benefit of 

 the institution, the remainder should be divided among the pupils 

 according to the labor performed 



" Their board and lodging should be settled for by themselves, 

 without any interference on the part of the directors of the insti- 

 tution, beyond keeping the charges within a stipulated price; and 

 the keepers of the boarding houses should be required to purchase 

 at reasonable rates, from the farm, whatever supplies they might 

 require, which the farm would yield. A tax should be levied 

 upon the students for the payment of all the instructors and lec- 

 turers, and the use of the library, and chemical and philosophical 

 apparatus; and likewise to meet any extraordinary experiments 

 made upon the farm, with a view to the instruction of the school. 

 Whether it would be advisable for every pupil to have an allot- 

 ment for himself, either for the purpose of experiment or for the 

 profit, and in aid of his subsistence, would be worth considering; 

 remembering always how important it is to give to every man an 

 immediate interest in the result of his labors." 



We have now given Mr. Coleman's views of an agricultural 

 institution at large, and though differences of opinion must neces- 

 sarily exist in regard to details and the minutiae in the arrange- 

 ments and plans, still, few we believe will dissent from the main 

 features which the proposed plan presents to us. We are not 

 fully satisfied, that model and experimental farms are so essential 

 to an agricultural education, while so many good farmers are 

 ready to communicate the results of their practice and to exhibit 

 the actual details of their plans to all who are disposed to ex- 

 amine their proceedings. The great desiderata to be secured in 

 an agricultural education are, first, knowledge in regard to the 



