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The ablest men were selected for the institutions — nothing was 

 spared to induce them to take charge of it. 



The late King of Prussia, who like his ancestors, paid great atten- 

 tion to all improvement in husbandry, was the first who established 

 such an institution. He invited Thaer, the celebrated German agri- 

 culturist, to settle within his Kingdom, and introduce agricultural 

 schools. 



The King of Prussia was exceedingly anxious to have Thaers's ser- 

 vice, in order to carry out his views, and granted him the following 

 advantages: 



1. Nomination as a member of the Academy of Sciences. 



2. A grant of 400 acres of land. 



3. The privilege of selling the land — and granted him all the 

 privileges attached to a landed estate belonging to a nobleman, in 

 case he should buy another estate, 



4. Protection to his Academy. 



5. Entire liberty of the press in regard to his agricultural Jour- 

 nal. 



6. Permission to practice his profession as a Physician. 



7. His nomination as privy counsellor. 



Thaer accepted the King's offer and left Cella for Berlin — sold the 

 400 acres of land granted to him, and bought, in 1804, the present 

 landed estate Moeglin, where his son conducted still the school estab- 

 lished by his father. 



The other Monarchs of Germany followed the example of the King 

 of Prussia, and Germany has now sixty-two large institutions. With) 

 some of them forest and veterinary schools are connected. 



Austria has 9; Prussia 12; Saxony 5; Bavaria 16; Hanover 3; 

 Wurtemburg 3 ; and the other States 14 — making together the 

 above mentioned number of 62. 



Those of Hohenheim, in Wurtemburg; of Schleissheim, in Bavaria; 

 of Thorandt, in Saxony; of Giesberg, in Nassau; and of Moeglin^ 

 in Prussia are the most celebrated. 



