♦^8 MR. braman's address. 



feiait a portion of the people. They will not be democratic 

 an<3 diffusive enough in their influence, and while a few 

 will be gathered within their walls, to reap their fruits, the great 

 mass of the people will be left unprovided for, and uribenefited. 



In reply to this it may be said that the number of school; 

 of this description will be limited only by the patronage which 

 the public are willing to afford them. They may be multi- 

 plied to as great a number as the demands of the people re- 

 quire, and if all the agricultural class choose to enjoy the 

 advantages of such institutions, they can provide themselves 

 accordingly. The additional profit which they would soon 

 be the means of conferring on tillage, would afford the am- 

 plest means to erect and sustain them in sufficient numbers to 

 meet all the wants of the community. 



But it is not to be expected, for the present at least, that 

 any more than a portion of the agriculturists will feel an in- 

 clination to participate in the superior benefits, of such, estab- 

 lishments. Nevertheless the whole mass of tho peopje will be 

 as really profited by comparatively few schools, as though they 

 were multiplied to a sufficient nimiber, to include every indi- 

 vidual within their limits. Every part of the country will be- 

 represented by those who resort to them, and when they have 

 completed their course of preparation, and retire to their res- 

 pective homes to enter upon the pursuits which they have 

 chosen, they will exhibit an example of correct and success- 

 ful tillage which will a«;cite curiosity, attract imitation, and 

 raise the standard of agriculture in all their vicinities. Their 

 new methods of cultivation, their communications with those 

 around them, will stimulate inquiry, gradually diffuse correct 

 and useful ideas, and extend the influence of the school in 

 every part of the community. 



It is probable, also, that a multitude of useful publications 

 will issue from the pens of those who are devoted to teaching 

 agricultural science, which, popular in their form, will have 

 extensive circulation ; and thus, in one form or another, there 

 will emanate from these institutions, an influence which shall 

 penetrate among the masses, and beneficially reach thousands. 

 wh.o have never placed themselves within the sphere of theLr 



