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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Aug. 



head, he refers to the Congressional Act which 

 gave it birth. He states that there is much 

 misapprehension in the public mind in regard 

 to the objects and designs of the colleges for 

 •which the National Government has set apart 

 about nine and a half millions of the public 

 lands. He shows, by a reference to the Act, 

 that the colleges are not designed to teach the 

 science of Agriculture alone. He says : — 



"The latter clause of the fourth section is 

 the only one which concerns us here. It de- 

 clares that the object of these national colleges 

 is to give the industrial classes an education. 

 It insists that they shall have a liberal educa- 

 tion. They shall also have a practical educa- 

 tion. They may, if desirable, be taught the 

 ancient classics. They may be taught in any 

 branch of science. They shall be taught at 

 least something of military tactics. They 

 shall be taught those branches of science 

 which relate to agricuUure. They shall be 

 taught those branches of science which relate 

 to the mechanic arts." 



Prof Dimond then refers to the origin of in- 

 dustrial colleges. He says that our oldest 

 American colleges, until recently, have offered 

 a system of training chiefly designed for those 

 inten(iing to devote themselves to Law, The- 

 ology or Medicine, while an important class of 

 men has come upon the stage who need a 

 mental trainiag of a different character. "The 

 Civil Engineer, the Miner, the Agriculturist 

 anil the Manufacturer, must each have his eye 

 trained in the rigid school of practical science. 

 To meet this want of a more practical educa- 

 tion, such men as Smithson, Lawrence, 

 Cooper, Chandler and Peabody, have devoted 

 a portion of their fortunes." 



He shows that Dartmouth College has the 

 facilities to furnish the State College all that 

 limited amount of liberal culture which the 

 Congressional Act declares we must have, and 

 th:it by co-operation with Dartmouth, the State 

 College can secure and maintain such labora- 

 tories and other like conveniences as are 

 essential. He also shows that a new building, 

 four stories high, is needed for lecture-rooms, 

 museums, recitation rooms, &c. 



He says that a geological survey of the 

 State would be a work of great value to the 

 Industrial College, and suggests that a hydro- 

 graphic survey would also be of great benefit, 

 not only to the State, but also to the pupils 

 of the College. Another want of the College 

 is an Experimental Farm, to which the student, 

 after he has become familiar with the princi- 

 ples which un lei lie intelligent and successful 

 practice, may be taken, during the summer 

 months, and taught the details of farming and 

 the business connected therewith. Upon this 

 farm, e?<periments should be constantly made, 

 and new theories tested, lor the express bene- 

 fit of men engaged in agriculture in every sec- 

 tion of the State. As the mechanic arts are 

 placed upon an equal footing with agriculture, 

 an Experimental Machine Shop is needed. 



which shall be devoted to the study and devel- 

 opment of the wonder-working forces and 

 agencies of the mechanic arts. 



In accordance with the suggestions of Prof. 

 Dimond, and in response to a resolution 

 adopted by the Trustees of the Agricultural 

 College, the Trustees of Dartmouth College 

 propose to erect a building, at a cost not ex- 

 ceeding $40,000, on the condition that the 

 further sum of $15,000 should be furnished 

 by the Trustees of the College cf Agriculture 

 and the Mechanic Arts. The Trustees of 

 Dartmouth College agree that, if an appropria- 

 tion for this purpose is made by the Legisla- 

 ture, they will refund it to the S ate in case 

 the connection between Dartmouth College 

 and the College of Agriculture and the Me- 

 chanic Arts, shall hereafter be dissolved. 



Th^ Trustees of the College of Agriculture 

 and the Mechanic Arts conclude their report 

 by asking the Legislature for an appropriation 

 of $15,000 for the purpose of aiding in the 

 erection of the proposed new building. 



Woolen Factories. — Tnere are now in 

 Illinois eighty-seven wool-carding mills, and 

 thirty-three manufactories of woolens, with a 

 capital of $3,G00,000, employing 3.450 oper- 

 ators, one-fourth of whom are women, and 

 consuming annually the wool clipped from over 

 2,500,000 sheep. 



lanl^s' Separtmcnt. 



From Our Tounj: Folks. 

 LITTLE BROWN HANDS. 



They drive home the cows from the pasture, 



Up through the long shady lane, 

 Where the quail -whistles loud in the wheat-fields, 



That are yellow with ripening grain. 

 They find, in the thick waving grasses. 



Where the scarlet lipped slrawbtrry grows; 

 They gather the earliest snowdrops 



And the first crimson buds of the rose. 



They tosB the new hay in the meadow ; 



They gather the elder-bloom white ; 

 They iind where the dusky grapes purple 



In the soft-tinted October light. 

 They know where the apples hang ripest, 



And are sweeter than Italy's wines; 

 They know where the fruit banes the Ihickest 



On the long, thorny blackberry vines. 



They gather the delicate sea- weeds, 



And build tiny castles of sand ; 

 They pick up the beautiful sea-shells, — 



Fairy barks that have drifted to land. 

 They wave from the tall, rooking tree tops 



Where the oriole's hammock-nest fwings, 

 And at night-time are folded in tlumber 



By a song that a fond mother sings. 



Those who toil bravely are strongest ; 



The humble and poor become great; 

 And from these brown-handt d children 



Shall grow mighty rulers of State. 

 The pen of the author and statesman, — 



The noble and wise of the land, — 

 The sword and chisel and palette, 



Shall be held in the little brown hand* 



