the ist January IQOI; foundation has been also -laid of 

 such a system of education for village schools. It now 

 remains to extend the principle to ., High Schools and. 

 Colleges. Nowhere else perhaps do the lower classes aim, so 

 much at imitating the higher classes, as they do in Bengal^ 

 The educated Nepali or Sonthal likes to be addressed '^Batbu'^ 

 he takes to shutting up his women folk in. the zenana, and- 

 worshipping the gods and goddesses of the Bengali. If the 

 educated classes of Bengal can be made to take more interest: 

 in farming, the cultivator will .begin to despise , his calling 

 less, and will abandon the practice of making a clerk of his 

 son wherever he can afford to do so. The educated classes , 

 of Bengal have begun to take a good deal of interest in agri- 

 culture, and it is worth while fostering and encouraging this , 

 taste, by recognising Agriculture as an alternative subject for. 

 High Schools and Colleges, and thus putting a stamp of res-, 

 pectability on an occupation which has been despised for 

 ages as belonging to the lowest caste of ail. :.,;. 



1.455. This, in fact, was recognised in one of the Resplu^ 

 tions of the Agricultural Conference held at Simla pn the 6th 

 October 1893, and the particular Resolution of \\is Conference 

 here referred to has been quoted in the BengalXjpvernment 

 Resolution No . i of ,the_ist January 190,^. t It runjs ;thu>- 

 " That it is most desirable .that the Universities should,. tg r , 

 cognise the Science of Agriculture as ^n pptipnal subject in . 

 the course for a degree". , , 



1.456. If this resolution is given effect to by Government, 

 it will open out a wide field of employment for students of 

 agriculture. Under existing conditions it will be difficult 

 even for a dozen men every year, passing out of the Sibpur 

 agricultural classes, to find agricultural employment in Bengal.. 

 The Normal Schools can be supplied with farms and farm 

 Superintendents and teachers of agriculture,, right off, by 

 utilising the services of men who have already passed out.. 

 What are future batches of students to do? Government 



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