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farmer must pay some attention to the elements of 

 the science, and then, by the aid of such glossaries 

 as should be contained in a treatise on agricultural 

 chemistry, he will be enabled to hold intercourse 

 with the elements, and know them by name." 



AGRICULTURAL SEMINARY, 



AT ANDOVER. 



We have been requested to present the following 

 notice of a course of study contemplated in the 

 Teachers' Seminary, at the South Parish in Andover. 

 It so fully harmonizes with the views expressed in 

 the foregoing essay, and is so well calculated to meet 

 what we consider the present wants of the commu- 

 nity, that we cheerfully recommend the institution 

 to those, who are desirous of educating their sons to 

 be intelligent and independent farmers. At a time 

 when the most distinguished men in our country feel 

 it their highest honor, that they are farmers ; and, 

 when all the learned professions, so called, are over- 

 stocked, it becomes us, farmers, to consider what is- 

 the best manner of educating our sons. 



"Arrangements have been made to introduce sci- 

 entific agriculture as a regular branch of study; one of 

 the teachers has been engaged, during the past win- 

 ter, in investigating agricultural chemistry, with a 

 view to give instruction on the subject, and to pre- 

 pare a text book for the use of the students. In- 

 struction will be given on the subject the coming 

 term, which commences March 25th, in connection 

 with the lectures and experiments in chemistry. 

 The plan of adding scientific agriculture to the 

 branches already pursued, originated from the belief 

 that scientific agriculture must be made a regular 



