PROCEEDINGS OF THE FARMEKS' CLUB. 



AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS. 



American Institute, ) 

 ^"ew-York, JVbv. 19, 1850. ] 



Mr. Tyler Fountain, of Pcekskill, ia the chair. 



H. Meigs, Secretary. 



The secretary read the f.-illovviiig translation by hira, relative 

 to Agricultural Schools, and the large trees of Tasmania. 



Among the twenty-one volumes presented by the minister of 

 Agriculture and Commerce of France (by the hands of Alexandre 

 Vatteniare) to the American Institute, there is one of distin- 

 guished value. " German Agriculture, her Schools, their organ- 

 ization and manners, and most recent practical operations, pub- 

 lished by order of the minister of agriculture and commerce. 

 By lioyer, National Press. Paris, 1847." Large Octavo. Pages 

 541, with plates. 



This valuable work, which enables us to understand the actual 

 working of modern agricultural schools there, is worthy our full 

 consideration. 



The general diffusion of Primary Instruction in Germany, caused 

 at an early day, an opinion of the necessity of a special system 

 of instruction favorable to the progress of agriculture, the first 

 and most important of all the industrial pursuits of the country. 

 Numerous attempts have been made with reference to this object, 

 and experience has already modified very much the plan origi- 

 nally adopted for the organization and direction of agricultural 

 schools. The study of these attempts and their results, may be 

 useful to those who are now desirous to enter this inviting field 

 of operation. But we believe that the information we have to 

 give is essentially of a negative character, and that the problem 

 is far from being resolved by even the most perfect of the exist- 

 ing establishments. 



If we arc not deceived, an error in principle has presided, up' 

 to this day, in the formation of agricultural schools we have not 



