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chemistry and geology, in the compost-heap, and in the adaptation of 

 manures to their various soils. They will study botany, in the grow- 

 ing of their crops ; and entomology, in destroying the various insect 

 depredators that rob them of the fruits of their toil. 



There is no calling whose necessities demand a wider range of 

 knowledge, and more reseaich, than that of the husbandman. Agri- 

 cultural science, as it penetrates these communities, will make these 

 necessities felt, and mental culture will go on with the culture of the 

 soil. The population of the old parish will become as intelligent as 

 the best informed circles of the city, and will no longer send off the 

 best of its youth, because there is no field for their enterprise at 

 home. 



Agricultural science, too, will make farming lucrative, and thus 

 benefit the fortunes of our rural parishes. Husbandry is now poorly 

 rewarded, because, and only because, it is not understood. When 

 the farmer is drilled in the principles of his business, as thoroughly 

 as the professional man, or the mechanic, he will succeed as well. 

 This is already done in a multitude of cases. There are farmers iu 

 our own land, who clear their thousands of dollars, by the cultivation 

 of their farms. Now what shall hinder other farmers, from doing 

 likewise ? Others have as good capacities, as those, who succeed so 

 well. Let agricultural science shed its light upon the old parish, and 

 the value of its acres will be at once enhanced. Its productiveness 

 will soon be doubled, and prosperity will take up its abode in every 

 dwelling. 



Agricultural science, as it gives to our rural population, increasing 

 intelligence and wealth, will cultivate their taste for the heautiful in 

 nature and art ; and benefit the old parish by making it attractive. 

 The heau ideal of life, can never be realized in a city, or even in a 

 village. The beautiful in nature, such as greeted the eyes of the first 

 human pair, can find no congenial place there. There is not room 

 enough for the grand old trees, on which time ever sheds a holier 

 light ; for the gardens, the orchards, the walks, the fountains, the 

 shrubbery, and all the glad green things, in which a cultivated taste 

 loves to embower its home. These things are only to be realized in 

 the country. Nature has done much for the hills and valleys of New 

 England. There may be here a perfection of physical adornment and 

 moral culture, that can never be realized on the prairies. 



There are indeed tasteful homes in the country, but they are mostly 

 confined to the suburbs of cities and villages. They have been reared 



