1867. 



NEW ENGLAND FARIVIER. 



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DURHAM OR SHORT HORTfED BDTiIi. 



So far as the production of beef is con- 

 cerned, there is no breed equal to the Dur- 

 ham. The large feeders in Kentuck}-, Illinois 

 and other Western States are very partial to 

 the pure and grade Shorthoi-ns, and the best 

 lots of Western steers at the Brighton market 

 are strongly marked by the English Teesioater, 

 as the breed was at first called. Some fami- 

 lies of the Durhams are very good milkers, 

 though at present, here in Massachusetts, the 

 Jerseys seem to be enjoying a large share of 

 the public favor, and occupying a good pro- 

 portion of the exhibition pens of our fairs. 



Our engraving represents a Short Horned 

 bull "Earl Seaham" which received a prize a 

 few years ago at the New York State Agricul 

 tural Fair, and is a well-proportioned, fine 

 looking animal. 



THE STATE AG'L COLLEGE. 

 We are informed by a prominent citizen of 

 Amherst, that the prospects of this new insti- 

 tution are very favorable. lie expressed an 

 opinion that it would, under the management 

 of an energetic and able President, such as he 

 considered its present head, prove a decided 

 success. It opened for students on Tuesday, 

 October 1, according to previous announce- 



ment. The first freshman class is composed 

 ; as follows : — 



M. F. Capcy, Wm. BaiTOws, Jr., George G. 

 Graves, A. Basset, F. A. Hall, G. H. Eastman, 

 W. H. Carey, George H. Bell, Amherst; W. B. 

 Greene, Homer L. Cowles, Hiulley ; J. F. Fisher, 

 L. B. Caswcil, Fit(hl)urg; Wm. P. Bn-nie, Spring- 

 lield ; C. A. Ellsworth, Barre ; C. E. Brown, North- 

 iimpton ; A. A. Rankin, Pelham ; G. A. Alien, 

 Marion ; A. Southwick, Belchertuwn ; F. L. Whit- 

 ney, Boston ; W. G. Pratt, North Bridgcwater ; G. 

 C. Woolson, Hopkinton ; Wm. Wheeler, Concord ; 

 L. A. Sparrow, Medway ; George Leonard, New 

 Bedford ; W. H. Banks," Phillipston ; S. A Nichols, 

 Danvers ; G. P. Strickland, Amesljiny ; J. H. 

 Herrick, Lawrence; W. H. Russell, Sunderland. 



AVe understand that Hon. M. P. Wilder, of 

 Dorchester, and Dr. Nathan Durfee, of Fall 

 River have made valuable donations to the 

 botanical garden attached to the College. 



We shall watch the progress of this experi- 

 ment in education with great interest. We 

 believe it may be made productive of great 

 benefit to the State, — if not in the manner 

 which its originators anticipated, then in some 

 equally beneficial form. We have heard the 

 suggestion — and were favorably impressed by 

 it — that, at the least, the graduates would be 

 fitted for and admirably adapted to the con- 

 ducting of agricultural newspapers, having the 

 requisite scientific knowledge to detect the 

 fallacies of mere theoretical writers, and the 



