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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept 



over the pitcher. Having had the happiness to pre- 1 ing regulations, shall, on the day appointed, be ex- 

 vent one or two from drowning by this simple in- \ amined by the Faculty and board of examination, 

 struction, we publish it for the benefit of all who ei- on the various bmnches of Veterinary Science. At 

 ther love aquatic sports or dread them. the close of such examination, the decision of the 

 Faculty and examiners shall be declared ; if favor- 



■Rr\t?Tn-Kr VT^TF-RTWAPV T-WQTTTm? '^^'^f' ^^ ',¥^^ ^^ recorded by the Dean, and the sev- 



iiObiO^ VJl,iiiKl^AKY IMblllUii, eral candidates are then entitled to the degree of 



The Legislature of Massachusetts at its last ses-|V. S., and shall be furnished mth a Diploma bear- 

 sion granted a charter for the establishment of an ing the seal of the Institute and the signatures of 

 institution for the advancement of veterinary knowl- ! the President, Faculty, and Examiners. Should 

 edge, subject to the statute regulations pertaining the decision be unfavorable, the canilidate must 

 to other universities in the Commonwealth. An qualify himself in whatever branch he apj^ears to be 

 organization under the charter has been effected by ' deficient, and present himself for re-examination at 

 the choice of the following officers :— William S.iS"ch time as the Faculty shall direct.— Gra/ii7e 

 King, Chairman of the corporation; John P. Jew- J'aiiner. 

 Treasurer; C. ~ ~ ^ 



ett, Treasvu-er ; C. L. Flint, Secretary ; D. D, 

 Slade, President of the Listitute ; George H. Dadd, 

 Professor of Anatomy and Physiology ; Chai'les M. 

 Wood, Professor of Theory and Practice ; Robert 

 Wood, Professor of Cattle Pathology, with a 

 Board of Examiners and References from various 

 sections of the country. 



The first session of the Institute will commence 



For tite Neic England Farmer. 



SEEDING DOWN TO GRASS WITH 

 TURNIPS. 



Mr. Editor : — As it is now settled beyond a 

 doubt that we shall get a light crop of hay, I pro- 

 pose to my brother farmers a way to supply the de- 



onthe first Monday in November, and continue I fi^iency, in part, that is not generally practiced and 



four months. Tickets for a full course, $75, inclu- 

 ding the privilege of a course at Harvard Universi- 

 ty Medical College, on Pathological Anatomy and 

 on Chemistry. 



Lectures of the Faculty. — The Professor of 

 Anatomy and Physiology will lecture on the various 

 tissues, organs and structures of the body of the 

 Horse ; demonstrating at the same time their me- 

 chanical and vital properties, their adaptation, de- 

 sign and functions ; their position, dimensions, con- 

 nection and organization ; which will be illustrated 

 by means of the French model, skeletons, dia- 

 grams, and by wet and dry preparations ; an exten- 

 sive collection of which has been secured. 



The Professor of Theory and Practice will lec- 

 ture on the general principles of Thei'apeutics and 

 Pathology, and on the history and treatment of dis- 

 eases of the horse. He will describe the various 

 remedies used ; point out their medicinal properties ; 

 and mode of administration. 



The Professor of Cattle Pathology will lectiu-e 

 on the various diseases of Neat Stock ; the treat- 

 ment of the same ; and the remedies best adaj^ted 

 to their peculiar organizations. 



Clinical lectures Mill occasionally be given by the 

 Faculty on cases that occur in their practice. In 

 fact, every arrangement will be made to secm-e a 

 thorough and scientific course of instruction. 



CONDITION'S OF GRADUATION. — L The course of 

 instruction shall occupy a period of three years. 



2. Each candidate sliall furnish evidence that he 

 is twenty-one years old. 



3. He shall have attended two full courses of 

 Lectures; one of which, however, may take place 

 in any other incorporated university 



4. He shall satisfy the Faculty that he has 

 had the advantages of a common school education 



5. He shall furnish satisfactory proof that he has 

 been engaged in the study of medicine during a 

 period not less than twelve months, under the dl 

 rection of a medical practioner, whose certificate 

 will be considered satisfactory proof of the fact 



6. The candidate for examination shall, prenous 

 to the time ai)i)ointed, notify the Dean of liis in 

 tention, and furnish tlie documentary evidence of 

 hLs term of study, tickets to Lectures, &c. 



The candidate having complied with the preced- 



is, withal, cheap, which is an important considera- 

 tion, in these times. Now for the way : take a 

 piece of moist land that needs seeding to grass, ob- 

 tain Ruggles, Nourse, Mason & Co.'s Eagle No. 1 

 plow, (or any other good pattern, same size,) and 

 I guage it to run 5^ to 6 inches in depth and turn 

 fiat. After plowing what you wish, or have manure 

 to dress, mark off with plow or chain into square 

 rods, q,nd spread twenty-seven ox loads (6 squares 

 to a load goes 1 62 rods) of compost to the acre, 

 two loads of which should be equal to one of best 

 barn-yard manm^e, and with harrow or cultivator 

 mix it thoroughly with the up-turned sod. To 

 every acre of land sow one peck of herds-grass, one 

 bushel of red-top and two ounces of flat turnip seed, 

 and mix all thoroughly together before sowing ; af- 

 ter which roll or brush the seed in. For the last 

 five years I have plowed with a small plow from 5i 

 to 6 inches in depth, with two horses or one pair of 

 cattle alone, instead of four cattle, and a great plow 

 running 9 to 10 inches, and a driver, &c. My grass 

 seed comes up quick, holds in longer, and I obtain 

 a greater quantity of hay than I did upon land of 

 same qualit}', with more manure and more labor, ex- 

 pense and trouble, in preparing the same for seed. 



This, I know, is not the theory of most ivriting 

 farmers, was not the theory of my earlier efforts at 

 farming, but is the result of a practical demonstra- 

 tion of its working, so far as my land in concerned. 



The land prejjared as above, if soa\ti before the 

 10th of next month, will yield from 75 to 125 bush- 

 els of turnijjs to the acre, sufficient to pay all ex- 

 pense, and as it is no injury to the grass that is to 

 come after, it is surprising that they are not more 

 generally cultivated. H. 



Concord, July 28, 1855. 



Farmers' High School in Pennsylvania. — 

 We learn from the Repository and IVhig, that pro- 

 vision is being made for the organization and man- 

 agement of a Farmers' High School in Pennsylva- 

 nia, in accordance with an act of incorporation, re- 

 cently passed by the Legislature of that State. The 

 Trustees are empowered to make choice of a suita- 

 ble location, embracing not less than two hundred 

 nor more than two thousand acres ; and also to 

 choose a principal and other officers and assistants 



