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NEW ENGLAND FAEIVIER. 



Jan. 



and Pathology; Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., Pro- 

 fessor 2'>'>'o ^f™ of Chemistry and Physics ; 

 Charles Wheeler Thompson, Pi'ofessor ^jro tern 

 of Latin ; and James Harvey Hills, Instructor 

 in Drawing. 



It is expected that the President of the Unit- 

 ed States wiU detail an army ofHcer to give in- 

 structions in military drill and tactics. 



On a circular issued by the corporation, it is 

 said that instruction will be provided, — 



1. For students who wish to pursue a course of 

 three years in Analytical and Agricultural Chemis- 

 try, or in Civil Engineering, or in Mining and Met- 

 allurgy, and to become candidates for the degree of 

 BaclieJor of Science. By a four years' stud.v, here- 

 after described. Bachelors of Science may attain to 

 the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. 



2. For students who do not desire to take a full 

 course of three years, or of four years, but wish to 

 purstie certain portions of the course. 



3. For young men who wish to obtain such in- 

 struction as can l)e famished them by a course of 

 lectures specially adapted to the wants of agricul- 

 turists, and to be given in Febi-uaiy and March. 



Applicant,s for admission to the Agricultural 

 College must be at least fifteen years of age, and 

 must In-ing satisfactory testimonials of goocl char- 

 acter, and 1)6 able to sustain an examination in all 

 the parts of a common school education, and par- 

 ticularly in English Grammar, Gco.gi-aphy, Arith- 

 metic and Algebra, as far as Quadratic Equations. 



The arrangements for the reception of stu- 

 dents were completed only four weeks previous 

 to the beginning of the present term. Conse- 

 quently a large number of young men could 

 hardly be expected to enter the institution on 

 so brief a notice. Five young men, however, 

 are now pursuing the studies of the scientific 

 course, and the executive committee of ihe 

 trustees say they "have reason to believe that 

 a larger number of students would have ap- 

 plied for admission to this department, if it had 

 been practicable to announce at an early day 

 the course of studies to be pursued in it." 

 They also add, "We may be permitted to say, 

 from this brief experiment, that we are con- 

 firmed in our belief that the academic and sci- 

 entific departments may be conducted not only 

 harmoniously, but with positive advantage to 

 each other." A subscription has been started 

 to raise the additional sum of one thousand 

 dollars, and the corporation seem determined 

 to do all in their power to make the institution 

 deserving of the support of all friends of sound 

 learning. 



Other conditions being equal, the cow that 

 has wanned water for drink in severe cold 

 weather will yield considerably the most milk, 

 especially if a handful of meal is added to each 

 bucketful. 



THE MONTHIiT FABMER. 



With the New Year, the weekly New Eng- 

 land Faiimer is to be enlarged by the addition 

 of one column to each page, and by a corre- 

 sponding increase of length. It is also to be 

 printed on entirely new t}-pe throughout. How 

 shall this additional space be occupied ? We 

 hope and expect it will be filled with thoughts 

 and facts from the pens of the new recruits who 

 have recently so greatly strengthened our old 

 force of readers and writers. During the past 

 year, notwithstanding the use of small type 

 and a severe clipping of communications for 

 the column of "Extracts," we have been ima- 

 ble to accommodate seasonably all the favors 

 of our old friends. 



In addition to these improvements In our 

 weekly sheets, the Monthly New England 

 Farmer is to be revived. This pleases the 

 editors more than all the other improvements 

 projected by the publishers. When one takes 

 great pains in writing an article, — one which, 

 perhaps, embodies the result of costly and 

 long continued experiments, observation or 

 study, — there is a feeling of dissatisfaction in 

 committing it to a journal which perishes in its 

 seven days' using. The Monthly Farmer, 

 printed in book form, will give permanence to 

 all the valuable agricultural and horticultural 

 articles which appear in the weekly. At the 

 end of the year a title page and an alphebeti- 

 cal index will be prepared, and arrangements 

 made for binding. It will then take its place 

 with the preceding volmnes of the old series, 

 in public and private libraries, where it may be 

 consulted "by generations yet unborn," as well 

 as by ourselves and oin- cotempories. There- 

 fore, "do good, and communicate. The even- 

 ings are growing long purposely. 



IiAEGE POULTRY ESTABLISHMENTS. 

 The great profits which are occasionally re- 

 alized on a few fowls induce many people to 

 think of extending the business. Frequent in- 

 quiries are made for our opinion as to the ex- 

 pediency of engaging in the business on a large 

 scale. From our observation and reading we 

 have felt obliged to advise against all such en- 

 terprises. A yoimg man from Maine recently 

 called at our ofl^ice to talk over the matter, 

 who was very confident of a successful result. 

 To all our objections, he replied that people 

 generally failed because they kept the hens and 



