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they may be perceived and comprehended by all men of sound education and un- 

 derstanding. 



We regarded it, at the time, as a most favorable omen that Mr. Norton should 

 have self-imposed the labor, time and expense of another visit to Europe, for the 

 benefit of more ample experience in their laboratories, always in actual exercise, 

 and conducted under the guidance of men renovirned alike for their honorable am- 

 bition and acquirements, wherever Agriculture has a friend or Science a votary. 



Notice has been given that those who desire more exact information may ap- 

 ply directly to the Professors above named. We have only to repeat our felicita- 

 tions that American Husbandry seems to be at last about to receive that aid 

 which Science has been affording so long and so effectually to less important 

 branches of art and industry, and to tender the pages and facilities of this jour- 

 nal, as far as it can be made to bring about a " consummation so devoutly to be 

 wished." 



THE WHEATLAND INSTITUTE. 



It is at once a matter of gratification and duty to call attention to the follow- 

 ing announcement of an Institution in which we feel confident the course of in- 

 struction will much more nearly approach what is needed for agriculturists than 

 those which are pursued in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred to prepare the 

 sons of farmers and planters for the occupations and duties that await them. 



Besides being a graduate and Assistant Professor of Mathematics, of highly 

 respectable standing, at West Point, Mr. Turner is known to us as a gentleman 

 of estimable character, conscientious views, and honorable ambition to be useful, 

 having a lofty sense of the responsibility which attaches to all who undertake 

 the great trust oi forming the mind and character of those who may be commit- 

 ted to their charge. The locality is healthy, the position accessible, and the 

 guaranties of kindness, attention and discipline, such as parents may naturally 

 desire and ought to covet, and may, we are quite sure, fully confide in for their 

 sons. 



We say nothing of the military part of the institution, being thoroughly per- 

 suaded that for the landed interest it were better, isolated and secure as we are, 

 not to engage in wars, or to waste time and substance in preparing for them. 

 What men have incurred the expense and imbibed the spirit to prepare for, they 

 are very apt to carry out. With the military science for the direction of military 

 force, when invasion comes we are persuaded the Institution at West Point is 

 adequate, and that this Ptepublic has no occasion for standing armies, which 

 always beget wars, pension lists, and privileged classes who fatten on the honest 

 labor of the country and consume the wealth that ought to be reemployed in its 

 own reproduction— in multiplying the facilities of industrial exchanges and aug- 

 menting the population and happiness of the country. In fact, we are thoroughly 

 prepared to believe in the language of a work that will, if we are not greatly 

 mistaken, soon make a profound sensation among thinking men, that 



" The Past says to the Sovereign of the Present : ' If yon would reigu ovtr a great na- 

 tion, hvomI war, and labor to promote the growth of wealth.' 



'• To the Representatives of the land : ' If you would have your properties increase iu 

 value, avoid war, and labor to promote the increase of jiopulation and wealtli.' 



" To the People it says : ' If you would acquii-e the power to act aud tliink for yourselves, 



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