Marca 25, 1865.) 
THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
277 
ercial, ie fessional, 
ans. 
different way boards, an 
rely an pare {ый еа. 
Le 4 who are ez officio mem - 
or e them to learn their pem 
it ny 
We have many magis- 
ers, and some of them 
|decidelly wron 
y 
chemistry, botan ny, &c., but unless the student is pro- 
зау —— c. rete api is not — to any 
riz cultural s 
the present education of farmers is in advance of our 
forefathers ; but still far from satisfactory. I know 
stu and 
wW Agricultural Saol ety to give prizes for AE in 
y departme ы of learning, ,agrieu alture excepte 
he 
, educated at ou 
neither 
ung хаа generally do 
eel leaving schoo! , 
work ori the farm, and becomes а practical man, 
[eti he: воп. of В Лаг rge or well-to-do fa armer, his time is 
e matter ” as the prizes amoun 
no poultry ы Мапу kiek М. ау » pointed s 
out as a lauda ible and us ful a appropriation of th 
1 
s I: my impression that farmers make a 
mistake in the Mier -training of their sons ; 
ung man who 
| 
fn to u 
a great 
; while every 
n ergo a certain amount of drudgery, 
Ж Ачи ular in е attendan 
tbe vice-chairmen 
of both bonrds are farmers. These 
e | the mid son when leaving school has a horse to 
h 
pro bly takes out a licence to shoot, or keeps a 
provision for „дайыи сааба 
either 1 
o. of avt gi ns is is all very "well in due 
are fact 
e ba cl of farmers has kep 
There are near me p far 
1 to be well- 
ir farms no r their balance-sheets wo 
mers who 
nar р 
Xx. 5 
their education was 
pea LINCOLNSHIRE.— Very few of our youn 
into other counties to learn fa: 
hos 
vit Bar pec rents, Whent t 
the e young men stick to the practical pi 
but I am sorry to say a mong the lar 
y of the 
сч and far too s 
-— re ne o " the 
gen era! much bet 
Brie he heces far oug 
m» 
t pace with X a 
educated men; but I think eitha 
that | the n 
arming, but sta zd 
ell, to middle- class education, 
it fro 
or both of good order, depend dit it, the pire 
© th 
invigorating. and paruis ures, "but let them first 
would soon bd соу, Ihope you will u enun 
men x business who are on the Council t end 
ac watch closely, and if іа cà 
trate =ч folly of the бшш on Education. О. F. 
K.—'There are several good 
po 
f the мітэт part of their business. 
short, let them be taught tbe use of the plough and 
drill and all other work of skill. There is nothing 
either degrading or Чокай in work; on the 
contrary, I should be proud to see the day when the 
16. Nor 
——— in | "Norfolk, besides those of a higher mons эла 
of t 
operations of Келей, and be equally at homeasa 
Supposing the lad i in- 
too | of a farmer, 
No the present 
ides С than I former, 
any of the 
class of Tas. пісна. меге well farm 
turer in 
the club Alas! how many there are 
r to be, as he generally is, А 
of my own class perci useless in either sphere. " 
y you ng farmers d us 
* tbe special training" he receives 
imparted by hi his father. The young man lives on itas 
T 
огун з їп some countries, In my opin 
a fair Кошой after he comes from 
er nds upon himself, if 
know the whole p: 
оо fond, as 
Tespec 
of field seine pet they know yis shout the 
As mit 
lea € ед аге eris for. 
п Га rry to “ it 
bring eft Mod: enm I was a little 
in this 
n, give a boy 
he will 
чан ; it great] i 
make 
arm and helps in the ps coord soon знаны 
а bailiff to his father. Ву this obtain ood 
practical knowledge of the working of that ec Deae 
, but he has no opportun cand of pun himself 
ti күтөм of knowing m ehe 
theory аар іп Res r di жи 
w. 
, possessing great tact and оу 
| ment in their Я Er NE eh but not 
s „sufficient educat take t and. in 
ial position i 
well qu alified. 
| [е сап ege little дов®ь e as far as ойкоп and 
far f 
Is malt duty. gin the manufacturing and com- 
general intelligence are сбб ed, mers о 
| present ду are greatly in advance of t the past genera- 
ti und thi 
КЁ farmers knew how to set about it Бар €! = 
ion. pr ractical улкени. S "aad nk they 
but heir 
was 
vh 13 imei E 
ather left Me north of Wiltshire i in the ya 
took a ar e far 
| neighbo ourh ood 
owledge of | а 
, but the mass, with a few 
are an easy apa athetie non- political 
nor cannot be aroused. It is impossible to 
Pig e 
as | the prins and scie cd " agria must. „be 
ral 
greater. 
far n after life than the peA iia of Latin and 
Greek тту can't siy appresi the advan- 
— of a first-class education (having only received а 
ery poor S myself), yet I can in a measure — 
their o own 
nd | alm most powerless positi But education to a farmer 
| withont а prationl ло is but too often 
no e value, hence е9 ой 1 Pe nn 
money-getti paratively un- 
шо It is z aid hat боги, labour ів ^ 
э that it does not answer a farmer's purpose to 
make his ,boys wor ork, but all who understand „Ше 
to work upon the p pen of going two or three 
For 
years to school, which 
five 
years I stuck well to 
a 
evating анч it imparts to th 
[es time to thoroughly perfect 16. But far " sons 
leave school at 15 and 16, and should therefore 'employ 
business, rising e еа: 
At that time my father took qim 
Tes 
of upwards of 900 acr 
ies the o! 
„of 460 acres, om was осе 
r 
es I am 
E goo ood 
trious habits, 
LINCOLNSHIRE.—There 
il Agricultural Socie! 
prizes for m 
Whether this perge is 
proved ; iu ti 
и 
неар 
correct or not 
‚Ва id that. 
ec 
e providenee of God,in the first 
place to know the лога! part "of reni d 
in my ong › folowing that up with tolerably indus 
a rumour spreading Ња 
about to provide a 
iddle-class educational students. 
will soon 
the Committee on the 
t farm 
n, lea Ming gam зуун 
My father revise has another 
pa nou 
t 
use- 
ful knowledge. I take it to be e a great advantage e tor all | 
boys, р preron country boys, to be educated out of 
their o and now mM. is so aes and 
m 
tu 2 rie er to C allo -i to nata 
we all know the too probable venia 
farmer (and I в " from experience), ар ^ 80 
delight in his business as he who 
early days to follow the plough. Being. - Y а large 
eis and needy withal my education was far from 
і 
5 
сһеар, the ea te Bened is very tr ka 
of the boy 1 osing his rus stic ma 
di 
ment of those ideas he end th 
sundry iw ones, will vues pem from being 
en m 
e after айалы оп his father's ren €: be more 
Hike ely to succeed. Yet after a.time, there can be no 
doubt a year spent at an Agricultural Сода j wi 
some good farmer in another part of the kingdom, 
bes enpest 
at Tar о те pres chát. the lad abends to 
Conn ма" "The skr 
e next monthl aly meeting of the 
need pes де ере educa- 
d does not devote all his time to рем 
My indiv; m experience is simply this: I was sent fo 
common. commercial school at Norfolk, 
rrt of pe 
v 
аб a chea school, where I believe 
I got a pretty fair knowledge of the English 
grammar, On leaving schoo! А I commenced my віх 
years apprenti Iw ught turn my 
hand almost every kind « of work on the farm. 
At the age of 5 reg was mbition that 
р, һапа 
a yea ob iuo: older could plou 
pd piperis with t 
how such work developes rien, 
seris I have many. an evening S (айе my ays 
toa 
d eo 
ars to 
tion m the middle classes cann highly com rk d 2) g ricket club four miles distan 
- It will be the m e ье eat service | five years iy learning farming at hom wl dark 
$o tho coun country, an Mh therefore wor Wy of oto; y effort t 028 Iw was e gaged Ж о farm. ing or wrestling. At 21 years of age I yo 
Pie crie it, consistent with truth and ку Bat p country, and I faney in in ma pan fall perg roue. of the sn. I would here си 
funds of the Epor f Eng land a are years M tion, and a better know- | that m; er died when w 
мые 3 the purpos fv mme cul- | ledge of practical agriculture, than I should if I had | hard La nd it was for ни 
л” ч 2 for the” educati ot t tus passed my whole life in Norfolk. express my | position. І carried on the н. 2 che. Damen rota my 
lu lle classes, Whai n the n of co mmon sense | decided үр that the proposed пате р о family till - padri was of and with some 
Жылы Society, as a is to DN wi ith t t f| by the Agri ionltural Society for gen „ being able to divide a little sum amongst our- 
once, the clergy, or the dia ed in | tional rewards, i in whic o proficieney d in icti hs lves, ок starting on my own account in the farm 
ero, manufactures , trade, or in t| ious offices | knowledge i qr irit ded ui sea with 5007. and a borrowed с l ol . more, 
employments connected therewi "er i. e. ^o dh middle of the funds of the е бону. "ihe үзөт, Read, Plum- | security for which I could er e е: ^p of sale over 
E E Как If any of their sons are studying | stead House, Norwich V ny, оо... Dolo Jt PLI LN 
co ition of such may be ri successíu sure 
Pel appropriate a single "hiling of tie +] 17. Nonrorx.—The sons of farmers in this county to that th h practical [дөге ш obtained du uring 
oting m ect fr requently but too superficially taught, We have no | my apprenticeship. Had I „been brought hr idle- 
very much 
ча 
bought tostudy, i.e. geology, 
f ti 
ons of the Societ The 
Propriation of such fa Y. The кото зу: а 
nds for ей 
remania Вел to agricultura his к 
urs, 
other than 
quite € that middle- 
that t ап а agri- 
| ly. endowed, „but as 
moderate cost. are grammar schools where 
classics are the de p deg with terms from 60 to 
70 g but the коон chiefly | co! 
of a low 
rior to our 
А 
probably have come to grief, as many others have done. 
This is a brief history of my agricul gitura! ишн То 
nclude, I do e sound 
ren intellectual system о f training 
to be followed by a thorough p 
ledge "ot ^ heir business. 
d by к» 
for the 
e to our leading | t 
x liged M move 
Hp LM 
ool is 
iine at moderate е, y m exceeding 401. 
18. No: это ga of education pursued 
in the present day is inks ry; ps is, "ANE * 
|youth is to be a shopkeeper, a linen-draper, 
3 
it is end tek No doubt but 
farmer, he has to go through the узы rou ek 
