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THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. - 
[FEBRUARY 4 1865, 
in order to 
о а limited number of their 74 d. ata is 
soletion by ре of informa 
~ ©“ As to whether any t theory of agriculture could be 
— ta id » Bap an schools, the circum- 
stan ing а ve ribed them, we are deci- 
repor 
екй Mg 2nd it I seems to т 
em an ad regular oceeding for one 
o print and 
e members 4 p Council his 
р 
member o 
circulate am: 
de dly would 
бе futile - Let the MA s son, and the lad intended 
for farming, have à до o education; let him have the 
best his parents” means w ermit ; ; let that education 
su ap ina very early 
ey we are erre is pere obtainable now- a-days 
т, 
d M з шы] 
boy ^8 
e years, from 10 or 11 to 
auhind — such impressions, which how 
d been over e great e: interest 
d 
ver|150 
D 
epe ча 
ә five жә; 
p" (dd on dd school, he ,wonld, we „еоп- 
ех хд p 
ceive, bring to 
a mind well discipline 
№ рго 
ed, and one fully able to cope 
s 16, however, he could 
pesce College, and eould 
his atatim specially to the аш that 
age, and other } i ^ 
devote 
ehemistry has upon ti illa 
uld b 1 1 
benefi: icial. 
wo aly 
to attempt to teach agriculture to & bo, 
e Th 
ЕЯ? rate benefieiall RE: the p a d 
e are ad to acknowledge in n the outset his bre ars of age would ba we eic ks no wiser Ды to train ro >é ш, as candidates 
or appointments. e of this has recent] 
concurrence in an Же p as long н а boy of like age for r^s or a grocer's A р intem A tl пиу 
as to the amount of good which might ather than ride in t iia palisa with any dist . ra ata ge. { е in a 
Mua the Ro tui Ы: ipon further extracts from these letters, which are of let im county advertised one of his farms to bg 
sessing great influence in every part of England, little value for our purpose, we on ly T Mr. t by ten ҮН га, m тин арр was 
“if tho oe now dealt Dn Rcs Tor candid у С Де D E З d сё had obtained th 
Charter which has hitherto lain dormant." e| The preponderating opinio E eu osa Co p ip qu and who Mt prapessd that asa 
iter proceeds to illustrate ia his meaning as to | agricultural kno — can ом be ies with | lom do id, "tha eui. EE 1 the tenders, “ 
the alleged good which the Society may effect, but | advantage to those have already had à good ^ e s | is the man for me," and hew 
his grand result узу. only to the foundation general education ; des any attempt to teach it at | 2 onc o ere 5 Mec 
throughout Engl publie sehools for t or college should be postponed. at least till : et us 7 that this pamphlet concludes with 
middle , in аА with landed pro he valuable suggestio ^ hat our Society should 
prietors and other capitalists, Не then asks, se some aetual experience gained,” provide spun ons, besides prizes of small amount, 
“í What is the right position for the Royal Agri- Such having been the rational and generally to stimulate s of agricultural students, 
cultural Society to take up in reference to this amongst the best infor med agri- But how are they to be awarded? The Societ 
cun» movement?" There can be no hesita- | culturists, the earliest attempt to supply this | or their Council, it seems, are deemed i petent, 
tion in replying—“ No position at all.” Bueh | want was the foundation of **the Agricultural They cannot judge of the competency, proficieney, 
кааб д nt is quite outside the well-defined field of | College," "ben rated by Royal Charter. Of that|0r excellence of agrieu tural qualification, They 
its labours. Institution a history and a full account of th erely to furnish a list of the candidates for 
After an. b over much matter IL does ud course of instruction provided at it will soon be these prizes to the Universities, the Society of 
appear to have y bearing. on the real the Journal; and м for the somewhat and the College of Preceptors, and the pro- 
before the Council, whi ch is—“ To c 2e the 5 
e t i by t ip Booty 
for the e improvement Mi the А уе Уч, of на е 
depend upon the ойне ж the soil for thei 
sul pport,' e Mr. Ас. р веке: 
еман allusions ntaine 
ACLAND'S з letters we should Ej reter to it here. He 
"i not gi at à young man 
di neral education, and 
o as uod dite] habits, лар of thought and 
Council жге to improve ? d it a азер o of. 
чё, им t Ам entific agriculi 
Кн им ане 
на У ue 7 cie take with а god, 
pergo t of СЕ E improve either the on 
t 
In his. wat letter on these points, he пт |А 
may gain much information ata 
eria iducted Agristltaral College 
Ё инә course of specia sehe 
titute for pend. edueation, for 
реле, a к үчен” 
— one Pie 
t there is n 
we may add, with a some- | 
We take the reed education of the 
Е 
i: 
ЗЕ 
T 
to state that such an infere 
isultimate su 
ha чэ е мү 18 дч уа Li irent 
hieh was RR A lated А.а өр rents 
lve m 
ep! 
Thi of the presen 
„ибн at the се hat i suggestions "E 
nm been offsred to them i 
improved s system of management € Mr. "nem, 
0. 
minis- | p 
ia and teaching at the € vilego, we venture 
TY | at; 
who come before e det ера 
literary and non- menia examine 
e add that wi Бае Noe E. the 
er Square on Tuesday last, 
го 
ned by 
fes: di 
Universities the Colle 
Soci of 
is 
e Committee's 
resolut - was тебе earried, whieh 
mes 
postpo ned „ће consideration of it till the n 
meetin 
t| poliey Sf confining the action of the Socie ety to the 
MR part of an Дре 8. Biss 
зо call attention 9 paper 
of hs years 
ween the c ics ef de ES education 
цате 
not had the мни a visit from that spes n 
during the past s x years, nor have з they 
whieh h 
5 that 
another por Ж, observes : “Su 
In ACLAND ch би 
ап , Institution, if it E offer. фе Were] 
onini 
on Middle: elass Pyme unie to » E ub ? Mdaday 
before the London Farmers’ Club.] 
, BARON Lrzsie nas addressed a long report um 
wie ch we hope to find room next week. 
while, on „this [Ei эм we at present m erely jy aid 
to 
mate oecup i been 
1 by iduals; but it was no doubt seen | 
by the Privy — А i i meal 
ieulture was hat tim 
à the| 
out “ ya^ riculturai Educa ? js ЖУ 
cultur. hether it is fair by them, to 
say nothing of жч Institution, for в с араа 
нес анк to it for 
г. HozzAwp's educational motion, 250 
miu such observatio ons by an expression at ais 
m interest) n the College, and byr refere 
Nona a mystification of wor 
We are therefore justi jn n passi 
comment many pages in which, with an ехеер- 
er i 
g us we know nothing, бу y Mathis 
шейт uen subject from that 
which is к before t iety, ut there is 
p an entire 
pacity | to make 
iu communication vith 
x of within its nets for five or si 
made, peeun 3, h 
— no doubt Tum oet YR. sed iso 
tly have, accounts ver veful 
pared, т ould have s 
t relates rti- 
cularly to the Mit be: vu рш, 
following are more ad rem than 
ACLAND'S 40 previous me T 
піару. 
| the exception mi few of its early years, Pa 
уу h an expensive staff was maintaine before 
its advantages, and its с ЕЁ 
fore the Socie RA 9, "Arts m 
Wednesday last, p rn 
(w e h is тан ted at length in Te s mu 
con йай al d redis to to Mr, WAL 
Rugby, and Lord Нов ONTAGU. Therme 
attributed the allege Ea fa ilure at Rugby to 
o nagement, gutes. on бе ayi of the payi 
the зерн, 1 ш been ex 
| | engines, [ан ‚а 
uire = the su 
Lor I" BERT Мор. followed Мт. WAT d 
with a cs orate and hostile eritieism of thè. 
Херб, quoting largely the Mieten taken by ri 
wn Comm prove that the "pe way 
wate gr in 
ittee to тан 
much more careful and eco 
4$ ihe rate ot a few on 
Pie is obvious: eith t be proved 
the far; ree F arrar Ї either it mus p m 
lage pu or the Ату al to pere. це ө та ЛОВ, 
real wants," 
-: as yet to be 
m | 
