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turists, each one of whom produces for examination and de- 

 cision the finest products of his cultivation. These festivals, 

 instituted for the promotion of agricuhure, excite the most 

 active emulation and produce the happiest effects. 



It has been in vain attempted, in France, to imitate Eng- 

 land; fortunes are here too limited to enable individuals to 

 meet expenses so considerable. Government alone can and 

 ought to furnish such institutions. 



It would be necessary that at least two experimental 

 schools of agricultural instruction should be established in 

 France, one in the south, and the other in the north, in order 

 to embrace all kinds and varieties of culture which belong 

 to our soil and pur climate. 



The extent of land devoted to each establishment should 

 be about two hundred hectares* and the buildings should be 

 able to lodge at least one hundred pupils. 



The nature of the soil must be sufficiently varied to ad- 

 mit of all the different kinds of culture adapted to the 

 climate. 



There would be required in each establishment a director, 

 entrusted with the care and management of it, and two pro- 

 fessors, one of Chymistry applied to Agriculture, the other 

 of Veterinary Medicine. 



The purchase of lands and the cost of the establishment 

 might be estimated at from a million to twelve hundred 

 thousand francs; but the money paid for board and the 

 profits of cultivation would at least cover all the annual 

 expenses. 



It would be useful to connect with each establishment a 

 workshop, for the manufacture of all implements of husband- 

 ry, perfected or newly invented, or employed in rural opera- 

 tions. The profits of the workshop would form a consider- 

 able revenue for the establishment. 



The young people admitted into the establishment as 

 boarders should be employed in all agricultural labors ; they 

 should be instructed in the responsible management of an 

 estate. 



There should annually be a formal distribution of prizes 

 to those pupils who have distinguished themselves by 

 good conduct, and to those who have made the greatest 

 progress. 



A royal ordinance should establish these principles, and 



* The hectare is equal to 2 acres, 1 rood, 35.4 perches. 

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