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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



July 



grain. I'se of mowing machines, hay-tedders, ] 

 horse-nikis, •'ve. Examination of agriciikural im- 

 plements. Farm accounts. 



norticiilunv, Prof.- Parlvman. — Propagation of 

 plants; the methods of practuing it, and the prin- 

 ciples on which they rest. Proi)apation by seed; 

 by cuttings; liy layers; l)y budding, grafting, and 

 inarching. Methods of obtaining new varieties of 

 fruits, fiowers, and vegetables. Horticultural glass- 

 houses, their construction and management. The 

 flower garden ; — perennial flowering shrubs and 

 trees; bedding jjlants; foliage plants; the rose; 

 the lily ; the rhododendron; the azalea; the gladi- 

 olus, "&c. The fruit garden; — the strawberry, 

 raspberry, peach, grape, apple, pear, &c. Nur- 

 series and their management. Manual practice of 

 horticultural operations. 



Agricultural Chemistry, Prof. Storer. — Soil, air 

 and water in their relations to the plant. The food 

 of plants; — manures, general and special. Chem- 

 ical principles of tillage, irrigation, systems of 

 rotation, and of special crops and farms. 



Applied Zoology, Prof. Slade.-^Thc anatomy 

 and physiology of domestic animals. Their proper 

 management in health and disease. Epidemics, — 

 their nature, progress, mode of introduction and 

 proper treatment. 



Entomology, Mr. Sanborn.— Habits or economy, 

 anatomy and transformations of insects; their em- 

 bryonic development, and their relations to the 

 surrounding world. Means of controlling or keep- 

 ing m check the increase of injurious species. 

 Systems of classitication. Collection and preserva- 

 tion of sj)ecimens. 



Quantitative Analysis, Prof. Storer. — Laboratory 

 practice. Methods of analyzing rocks, manures, 

 plants, milk, I'tc, and of investigating problems in 

 agricultui-al chemistry. 



The third year's course of instruction will be 

 hereafter arranged, and will be given for the first 

 time in the Academic year 1872-73. 



During the first year of the regular course the 

 student will be expected to pursue with equal dili- 

 gence all the subjects prescribed for that year; 

 but during the second and third years the student's 

 course of stndv, |)articularly as regards the amount 

 and dirertion of his manual practice, may be varied 

 at the discretion of the Faculty of the School, in 

 accordance with the student's aims and purposes. 



Women will be admitted to the courses of in- 

 struction in horticulture, agricultural chemistry 

 and entomology at the Bussey Institution. 



Fkes and Expenses. — The regular fee for the 

 academic year will be fl50; for half or any less 

 fractio!! of a year, $7o ; for any fraction of a year 

 greater than one-half, the fee for the whole- year 

 will be charged. The fees for special courses of 

 instruction are as follows : — For the course on 

 Farming, on Horticulture, on Agricultural Chem- 

 istry, and on Applied Zoology, each .$'40 for the 

 year; on Kntomology, ^20 for the last half of the 

 year ; Lulioratory instruction in Quantitative Analy- 

 sis (including the course on Agricultural Chem- 

 istry) $lo() for the year. 



The tuition fees will be freely remitted to poor 

 and meritorious students. 



The other expenses, including board, of a stu- 

 dent for an Academic year may be estimated at 

 from #246.00 to #302.00. 



The teachings of the School will be amply illus- 

 trated by the rich scientific collections of the 

 University, and l)y a botanic garden, a large and 

 profitable farm, greenhouses, propagating houses, 

 and field exiierirnents. The single object of the 

 School is to iiromotc and diffuse a thorough knowl- 

 edge of Agrirniture and Horticulture. For fur- 

 ther information, apply to 



James W. Hat?tiis, Secretary, 

 Cambridge, Mass. 



AN INGENIOUS STVINDLE. 



The frequent rci)orts of farmers signing Avhat 

 they suppose to be a receipt or an agreement witli 

 some unknown travelling agent, and afterwards 

 finding their names attached to a note of hand, 

 seem almost incredible, to those not acquainted 

 with the plausible representations of these sharpers, 

 or who do not consider how liable every person is 

 to be taken in who harbors the idea that there is 

 some easier way of obtaining a dollar than the old 

 fashioned one of earning it. The young person or 

 the old person who is waiting for something to turn 

 up, or watching for a streak of good luck, or look- 

 ing for some short cut to wealth, is an admirable 

 suliject for operation, and when we consider how 

 numerous this class is, — how many are anxious to 

 get a living without work, — we cease to wonder at 

 the success of humbugs and humbuggery. The 

 following is one specimen of the means by which 

 farmers at the West have been swindled. Entire, 

 it is a very simple agreement, fair and safe, for a 

 little speculation by which a few dollars can* be 

 realized easier than by raising wheat or stock, and 

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Beet Sugar on the College Farm. — We learn 

 by the "Massachusetts Agricultural Department" 

 of the Amherst Record that five acres of land have 

 been carefully prepared, and the imported sugar 

 beet seed sown. A factory for the manufacture of 

 sugar from this source, will be ])uilt on the farm 

 before the crop is ready to harvest in the fall, and 

 the product of the five acres, together with what 



