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provincial ^chool of l^ricultare, 



TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA. 



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'^PHI8 institution was estal)lisli(',(l six y<^ars ago, and lias had a 

 steady growtli, ])otli in students and cHicioncy of instruction. 

 Tlie sciiool has in a measure koi)t growtli in its (Hiuijnncnts, so 

 that to-day, as will lie seen olscwhorc, it possesses excellent con- 

 veniences for the study of the natural sciences in thciir relations to 

 agi'icidture. It is the aim to i»res(uit sui;h a course of study, and 

 such instruction, that any young man can obtain a suitable educa- 

 tion here if he but poss(».sses a fair common school education. It 

 is not desirable to have students entcu- who need instruction in tlu^ 

 common branches ; these thoy should obtain in the local schools ; 

 but to those who have done this, or to those who have but a 

 limited time to attend school, and who wish to get, in that time, 

 as nmch instruction and insight intointelligent farming as they can, 

 our doors are always open. Theri^ is one rule that is invariably 

 followed — that is, to make the School available to the uccmIs of the 

 yoiuig men who will soon till oin- farms. Have you doulits 

 whether you can enter 1 then writ(* and ask. The stuchnit is 

 taken at that point whej-e he is able or prepared to commence, and 

 is conducted as far in his studies as he desires. Young men have 

 attended from all i)arts of the pntvincc^, nearly. Let every county 

 be represented ! Farmers, this School is for your benefit. No 

 such opi>ortunities are offered to farmers in any other country in 

 the world, .so freely, and at .so little cost. It is no longer a ques- 

 tion if you can afford to have an agricultural (education ; you 

 cannot afford to be without it. It is a rational understaiiding of 

 your life-work, and the rea.^on for all its operations. 



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THE FARM. 



In September, 1888, a Farm was j>urchased for the School. 

 It consists of fifty acres of arable land, thirty acres wood, and 

 twenty acres intervale. It is situated near tlie town of Truro, 

 and only fifteen minutes' walk from the R. R. Station, on a hill 

 called " Bible Kill." It overlooks the vast marshes of Cobequid 

 Bay and its waters on the west, the fertile fields of Onslow on the 

 north, and the valley of the Salmon River on the south and east. 



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