Manon 25, 1865.] 
бе general instructi iy imparted to the pu school 
tbe general жж where those who are 
ТТЕ 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
home the serious illness of my 
275 
3001. o any sum in that direction, it is an entir 
after 
father ardet: me to take 
600 acres). By read- 
and inquiry, I had to acquaint те 
praetical vi псі а — УЫ well as 
tel quite sa Vido oit пк 
шу ticipated in the чо progress of the 
d E vx becoming far more чалу cu 
lare 
dl 
тем If good schools increase, they 
|I әт - that has been the c e I have subse- 
quently p ued. i ar or two 
133. 
not slow vail themselves of their айтшы ges. 
rofessional education, - there be colleges 
And as to p re, where 
е а scientific know- 
"where ore M ect — 
n 
uths, whether the | to 
information which it ia на шапу long years. to 
mis 
ation of funds given for the буулоо of 
serica ought to be protested against. 
spirit i 
i 3 m рей, it should be by 
f the pa artioular know — of the 
and "бым of agriculture. X 1 
ANM 
busin 
bo Sem P am well 1 acquainted wit th the views of 
acquir 
wd. m nowledge would have been obtained, 2M 
canTonly be secured as sem result of direct teachin 
TM pu with ordina metri ce and perseveri. ым 
d I know their belief is, that practical 
кпен) ovii with sound general education, 
y to be more useful than Gr egi tgp e 
" 
та 
| ag! 
i 
mai и the 
16, 
Ар! 
uths return fro ool about 
„ 
ЁЁ 
I — nerally, this 
are mes who will 
"^ ‚апу с circumstances пеге their interests, 
alm 
поё во men in general. I think scientifie knowledge 
of prac p agriculture. —- 
count when situated on a re —— a qoem t 
"pe it is atl a far 
о! h 
Jm 
hey assist and make ч бает е on the 
farm, if [ie are "esc for farmers ; аа nd I believe 
io: the sons of far rs are better educated in every 
e 
, Suce essfu and eco cono- 
а; also believe the attempt 
e to induce nant. to go beyond wbat bs. 
н Ба useful will prove abortive. 1 ma 
when sen 
mical agriculture at the 
should be pursued uninterruptedly. A little land for what has been ‘denominated. А knowledge, | but 
experiments might be g d scientific. Theory and 
a farm in the i . е. for profit, It leads practice ought never to be divorced. It isa AD and 
all kinds of mistakes, oes yj in every way undam in D wed C To know the right thing to apply 
colleges should be рова by companies, and the n the 16 quantity, i in the right place, is У E SSess а 
eost might be various, according to the means of th must result in immediate pecuniary 
who send em sons, or rather that persons of different benefit. , What i immense losses have frequently been 
means shou! ustained for the lack of this knowledge—a knowledge 
ne in various ways, either | which science and practice combine to impart. I feel 
necessity of a more thorough knowledge 
camstances r this ight be don 
by having some established on ma (301. 
higher (80/.) terms, or as the RA at the Universities, 
00 
y day the 
of some of the more sci ientific bra ranches of agric culture, 
I mi 
village 
school, are taught what unfits them iye pa vilage 
instead of such a, as sew ing and knit tting, &e., for 
the girls, and the boys, reading, writing, and 
arithmetic, nd all Seyon ti rather than 
а good to farm labourers. George Turner, Exeter. 
. DuzuzAM.—Farmers' sons, and others intending to 
be баба, аге now іп this district as - educated and 
bns ef р any other class riim me ere are 
schools abundance suitable for far: 
all the odes of an 
al; ои; 
where men сап live for 1007. to 3001. per annum. Then |that Á matics, chemistry, geology, 
the addition of scholarships, ex! Ibitions, &c., would still | at a questo  direot my ; practice. Alfred S. Ruston, | &c. You ung m ended for farmers, after leaving 
farther help,—1st, Nothing can supply the lack of good | Chat eme are eme геа for tbree or five years either 
parental trainin & foundation, und рч own father (if he has а farm), or erm те to 
God, of all future success in an; of li d, a goo usual уш? авар of igh- 
walk of life; 
general education i A wanted i n4 large or publie schools; 
and 3d, tbe opportunity ‹ of as ring a scientific kno ow- 
5. DrvoxsurnE. — The 
farmer's son is the parish «мні, Some few 
attend the Gr rammar рач ч in na oh but those 
ough 
fath 
4-1 — their 
dh athe 
father's farm, or away from hom 
ave 
cireumstances seemed to render онн At aens 
there is no doubt, three or four years of the 1 most i im- 
iud ia bou 
a far 
т | mos st decidedly а opinion "that farm mers” sons are 
rhood, where they are supposed нй. ти all the 
че | requirements sensim: to be r to 
enable the rera 
now, 
less of education oth heir brothers, who may 
brought пр, totrades. The - ^g man generally goes 
ing pursuits) are spen nt in a most desulto ory way; n 
habits of business formed, little mental анаа 
rk тв home, and has raining in A— 
attending " markets до rie to fit h 
be eyond a 
gaining a mt me on a no that the, labourers do tha 
x | 
o the interests and adva antages of a good sound and 
prc cal education than any previous „реч рерге m 
ае le ия take advan! MA of it; 
The: market table is too often one of the chief educators not eq ually joy. Ther e here bou и nt in жвб. eing stayed, as 
ed t ust feel epe that, all other scientific 
tracted n s as to w r their real powers, that I much doubt. whether т beris say | pursuits are nced by experiment and illus 
Чаде Still eroi isa sonder p зали Land- generally. 2 на distriot that the farmers as a class | and improved by discussion, во agriculture is in п 
nidos this in ers demand for houses of a very | аге bet n this gen rre van the last; са best an ex rule so useful and so profitable. I 
ferent character су? алаш which ailed even 3i iibi. we i who have not been bred аѕ | һауе always been impressed ле 2 idea that a byte 
y lw. Let our biam societies give all роз- | farmers, but who, a i": shrewd hen usiness men jM. sent to school to learn the branch 
sible encouragement to special ог р educa- en to farming in after life. The farming of this | English paa ought, plein to leaving did 
tion but have nothing to do with schools for the | district, знаме — в во much more on stock and 
anah], + 1. 
say s he picks u 
I 
its manage in on «узе culture in its more 
restricted , sen чө ry man who gets hold of a 
little land bones toa len санд а jobber, as he 
the rent outside the fences, and no 
doubt by tact geta along ; but possibly if you were to 
and farmers’ sons are vay sensi itive, and 
Nen rw inis in the long run they 
care for wer eir own interests as не other class of the 
community, E, W. Moore, Coleshill. 
3. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. 
шанды. оп k farmers are es better educa 
mannered, more intelligent, though оран not so 
cm oi T- making as their коен. ,l know instances |] 
bar; 
— My belief is that the present 
ted, better | ез 
nn 
at ап weite s school A 
take n to в 
ds ok 3 £L prt 
temm reply. What has been his gain is 
neighbo our r’s loss, that is 
shou ld say 
til 1 
| lad would be man, 
entific 
pursuits. Wines may be the nature vot ere in 
other t should always be a matter of re hief 
кре amr to arem the youthful mind with a 
nse of religion, to i the duty ade € to God and 
and to impress n all uen: cene to be 
ОРЧ бн ат and fore- 
mbracing as much general "шой, as | 
who ar ry good schools, th 
wy зотат viue their parents valuea good e uca- 
tion for them, I feel confident that there is no class | as 
that all this meddling 
of agric culturists i is taking 
mud хишова and as much g 
ning of €— moral 
power to embrace 
tratalo [ think that unless he = чин геа згад ана | 
lectures, or both combined, and with practical erri T- 
vation on the land from time to time, so as combini 
the two in such way as to render whati is going on on 
ent and Valuer, Darling 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE: The Cotswolds.—First : The 
ir — ед ran sons of. farmers in this | district 
(as fi ar as I 
Ж! * e in eres 
will permit of; me p 
è kept at school £l till he is 15 or 16 years o old, if 
to the w 
is not lik кеу to dim much. геи y^ 3 lae seen 
where th laced | t 
ork, he | has, 
bier "rely, п no special relation to their 
ns as farm I know of no schools in 
this Чала nn bie any пои instruction to fit lads 
occupati ions as. farmers i is professed t X 
einn course. 
mpetent, into the vh emm 9 farming. I 
the principles upon which the work was s gung on, and | 
це young men who have been 
ж cmt schools, who write mnt hand, spell 
ves e press themselves has Ко їп pure and M 
eration, have a a polite an ly beari 
bei 
Ф 
г time hunting, 
mos 
many cases out 0! 
cord s. prs Fendi —in that case 
well that before he attempts any 
ectur 
good judge of buying stock. 
tony Stratford. 
hed my education at 
to carry on mul- 
sons of persons 
` баш is an en 
him 
ould see somewhat of a wes in эы 
ms used, and gen жк. 
эй — g 
Со йе). ы young men on leaving school 
stay at home, and are engaged on the farm, picking: : 
what knowledge they can from their observatio 
their — - i —— proc 
doubt: less the 
discussion: 
запрета 
paring 
to refer to. 
g. Many 
f the у C" oap mine te necessity 
dta hi pee tone of education and 
Ara pictis of g n ster tim knowledge 
rocure. 
вда, ten „тине ica to ч hill E 
tended to 
ан оѓ арсен vale m intance бате 
e | been very dere pastoral ad acr 
wer t — their fathers are co 
eme: 
h t, 
ss, | mental е 
е |4 R. тетен Nailsworth. 
ge active а Respeto 
ау 1 
тзн ran ог abilities have xà атчу they have 
done, it m most eredi tably, bu t they have not 
9. GrOUCESTERSHIRE.—I do not see why the edu- 
cation of a farmer should be different. from that of any 
Sheffield rig 
agricultural character, and - very shortly 
oth ег business, 
saver and à abould the Society choose to divert 
quires is a good sound education; а little Latin and 
