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ment of Hohenheim, tends to make us believe that it is the 

 principal and most important object ; however when we go to the 

 bottom of it, and discover the reality, we find that in point of 

 fact it only occupies the third rank, very far behind the School 

 of Practical Agriculture. 



We think that France has nothing to envy in this School to- 

 day — that she possesses schools now, conceived in views more in 

 harmony with the wants of the country. 



The director of Hohenheim has a salary of 2,200 florins, equal 

 to $946 per annum. The minister of the interior of Wurtemburg 

 receives but 6,000 florins a year. 



Scholars are not admitted at Hohenheim under sixteen years 

 of age, and after a severe examination requiring them to read, 

 write and cypher perfectly — (a knowledge possessed by every 

 peasant in all Wurtemburg,) and beside they must know how to 

 plough, harrow, &c. The term is ended in three years. Here 

 is a fine library of agriculture at the disposal of the scholars. A 

 great number of newspapers and journals, ol a special character, 

 are laid on the round table as soon as they arrive — all the scho- 

 lars use them at their pleasure. 



The Museum of implements and machines, arranged and num- 

 bered in the order of their utility, is perhaps the most complete 

 in truly useful things of any in Europe. The printed catalogue 

 of them contains 667 — and it is given gratis to the visitors. In 

 the machine shops any implement or machine, either in model 

 or of full size, is made to order for moderate prices. 



In Saxony we remark, that primary instruction is in the coun- 

 try, as well as in the towns and cities, general and perfect. The 

 peasants have a peculiar character. Their stature is taller, 

 figure better, features more regular, and their costume more 

 graceful. The countenance open and free, much more so than 

 in Wurtemburg, and especially in Bavaria. They have none of 

 that apparent timidity, nor that politeness which the Wurtem- 

 burgers have, who believe it to be their duty to salute every 

 Burgher they meet with, and never fail to do it. 



