дап, 1, 1865.) THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 299 
n such а) 27. LINCOLNSHIRE.—The usual course g g sin this da 
his is Бек endea m Ке, ioni | Tnost e tt | writing su d ted fg pan y 
manner romote good fe fe eling My dm between| mensuration. "There is no special аа à in pd vod neca Some, if indulged in such inclinations, 
шше time pro emp ; this he с — do ушы, for the sons of farmers, When the young man redes | become sportsmen and idlers, who can talk better than 
ав лус Far different men he ire very differ school he begins at once to attend to farming business, | they сап act on farming matters—though I would not 
rim nd "he should, as all vd classes should, usually at home, under Pr pube of his indiscriminately censure sportsmen, fos never saw a 
spoori knowledge of the " s ry as t! ing, rearing, and fee d- real energ ic leader i x hunt who had not the 
- desire аз а true Ch ck, the tillage, of ihe Д the planting ke him a leader in more dig wd pur- 
„day life. с. Farmers'|suite, if occas sion eie а him to exertion. of 
iem -—34 intend КЕ ее our Mus ess as & vm rmer e bare a т бише education now than years indolent habits and listless mind, content turum. 
E to make him what I have described ? Му [а and consequently are more | with what they have learnt, and take to the quiet opera- 
ш or is, that 2 the age of 10 ог 11, up to whieh ntelligent, aid, Ө ta i" а Асли social standing.  The|tions of the farm, seeing that their fathers have got 
E. may su he has been taught properly at child i ntended for a tenant тет ought - е on with little education, and аге do 
hr. boy should be sent to a school, in the following particulars, viz. in reading, | likewise. What have enjoined on the sons of 
the usual Englis h and don imd education, Latin writing (so as to be legible), summing, grammar he far Me of not the highest class n ењ on leaving 
grammar, mathematics, botany, the rudiments g scho у day in рой 
e , anatomy, and ора es should be taught yn or ashes, haya i corn s 
into as the lad grows older, and is found are M mber, bric vea ve танаа: оп the тА to e able meses how work sho ald s 
c e of understanding and —— an v interest in the work, vw lie des for кше) заем ог aud to ada the long eveniog hours 
an various sciences nam His educa at t gs; also earth works, emba nkmente, levelling | in reading useful books, such as the library of the Club 
should 5 be coplebed at from 15 to 18 à vy age, for drain с. rivale w ih plan drawing for all | contains, under the assurance that the cultivation of 
which time he should be enabled to enter for 1 year o or | these purposes. After he has gone through the above |the mind is essential to the good cultivation of the 
Шунт ear at most a farming College, general edueation, add six months inst verna at a |lan n cases where и have raised themselves to 
at Ciren — where sciences co ted with his veterinary college. ,,Do ubtless а special e n has occupy farms, ра, У ar condition, by industry and 
tun — tal | and practical agriculture, g rdi y | earefulness, bu b. came the example and 
parish law, t t f. (TU. Drag, Claxby, Spilsby, stimulus are lg to their family, кой the benefit of 
may or may not be соме there, but I hold its өлдү | education is not a appre ciated. In such cases the improve- 
to be of i ец o all you uth, it 28. NORFOLK, —I have never. heard d — ent and progress in education are E w, but tne 
habituates met кіне fl -— — thing i is tending to its general em aream and I am 
Th онй, тч "tis p 17 or 18 years old, no 
iR V^ ч e, not however ss be У separated 
idi bon тё College; 
eri for by vmm home student, and e: 
there is ore in every market the 
rato «і vine бак sons can бе all t they нні, 
мем intended for farmers мет Ъе — in addition 
got und En nglis ish € education, Latin and French. 1 
"a aini ing bis three or four 
ek. me to time, апі if not fortunate enough 
no means satisfied that 
ра least valued and leas 
education 8, 
character and expense, suited to different 
tion be | з if he pass the examination credita tably. 
Tuis stimulus would, I Me aa pra на ent to incite а 
young man to study, yet e time would 
neither hinder his usefulness a at уа his means of | i 
m ү 
far rming, во as they know € can do all the different 
sorts of work upon a farm, in order to be able to set the | 
grades Py society, w^. been арр Y ne in Me 
country du uring | the la st 50 ) yen. and i unquestion 
labourer to work in a proper way. that tł 
s more fuss about the void Ts farmers’ sons tban 
Thos. Brown, Den 
of course 
to a successful issae to his Jabou: 
mercial schools in abundance, 
course із most necessary (all the rest being adjuncts) | 
urs, be d of com- 
why ca we hav 
| corresponding degree among - the A Te and lower 
| оао of the agricultural population. J. Gray, Lipwood 
Hous 
>k NORTHUMBERLAND. — iue reply to your queri 
about agricultural education, I would say ocu 
that the present race of 1 armers are muc in E aprire 
i the 
ha uld а 
schools if -« оша e found, | the 
the terms pable ot "teaching waat I have 
proposed w do M. a "ibi the reach 0! t tenant 
farmers, JW. J. Edmonds, Southrope, 
25. GLOUCESTERSHIRE : 
Vale Dist: The farmers 
in this neighbourhood generally 
Tict.— arm 
nd their sons till 
p^ naria E doce and all kinds of work, i. e., 
g, reaping and mowing, build ing 
and thatching б, s, edging, ditching, and бет o 
cn ice cattle and sheep, 
eling к апа согп, эра а da 
have just obtained from M^ piae, 1 of the Hexham 
e| F: e been Pres 
ynesi 
- | Farm 
" 
increased to its putat dimensions, Papers are read |а 
30. NoORTHUMBERLAND.—The present generation of 
farmers are better ucated, are more alive to ed 
bene fits of t educi, d have 
9 adva 
fruit of early educatio: 
which I send a fatan r^" erm ca des oie I| 
armers' Club, of which I h: ident from its 
commencement till last year, чоң the wear and tea 
vantages on their ворв than а 
івіоп of means of educati tio n for the 
of 30 dein warned me that it was time to retire from 
the discharge of many public duties which my positio! 
ài fiitoation had imported upon me. In the early part 
Р armers as a class, эш pos on ihn ае КТ for 
them, a appears to m. mply a absurd, and whateve r the 
of 26 century, few agricultural societies existed, 
far clubs for t ed rcu of d 
or "scientific subje unkno Now re 
such institutions reed all sene e cnt, The 
Tyn ий» жез 8 d e Hexham 
(lisctlidota "ren адан иа - gib 
ubject, I cannot see ut it forms any part of tbeir 
duty to take the education of the farmers' sons under 
f education re- 
y special 
t 
their uu intended for engineers, lawyers, -— 
er ч ретт or апу other aec o I do not suppose a ma 
interest; its — gradually ulii —€— 
library, "which was a much desired o object wit 
d at t the monthly meetings of that 
become firat.eato wii |, аз f 
X 
prorement that Es mei eda ears Ps corngrow T wire 
E before. From e 
Tes rem - 
у one 
Club, 
far The tence oda 
district, comprising 221 m 
489 vol cire several agris эн СОР is 
ractical giv 
x 
Ріо, 
а better Ан Ъу dm ЧИА when а е to 
| study your Cyclopmdia. Till they are 15 or 16 I would 
| tion as shall not m 9 Page 
but to think. Fi ey can 
: they a are e to Tolon a ам: if Cie 
a strong fac n proof o e be tter educa an 
the gy 
эсе former] "bein thereb ende ers to 
Judge of the value of t e 2 d 
" дг ve fallen on 1 better times; ; men | read and think ; 
good апета as to fight and dunk", 
nat 
ACT 
assured i jeg be by their 
dea гм) абад very hour they 
possible, I would prefer - me^ "Should ge 
ool wi 
wk rn improvemen earr 
out. Ihave по fear that English farming 
Ikilfu ers, able 
trac E the uch as it can 
in 
I quite agrde with you 
онна of whose fields and stock is now thou. 
be somewhat "exemplary. Although the reme ot 
No rthumberlan d stands to lerably high. in the scale of 
E! 
education a h other A: and be at 
i s they should 
of a h r order t n — as are found in all the ја 
villages" 
fterwards have 
during the Winter mina. by attending agr 
chemistry, 
ess in the impr Lice of [4 hd, 
- 
ay b 
to Ediaburgh, ees ng to the sons of 
Үс учо — the means of various education ou 
wherever they can be обеда чї 
ned, it wili rias exercise the qe) а and greatly 
the 
business 
the reed of making oro boeta 
oie 
J 
"n " 1 H PUDE m 
d to interest of their wor rk. After а а couple of 
skill, m “гү fear 
succumb under the "З usly low price T. Wheat 
ro оа. on the cold cla: 
TIS prede if he 9 lotended fora fa 
he 
T 
ЁР 
Ef 
TE 
HH 
КЫ 
8 
PE 
!i 
ji 
E 
This I think 
Lr 
i 
1 
o life. 
np 
. | better eed her mi the 
beg inris and extended kno wledge, , is no 
e 
of the classics, whi P 
the mind and a foundation ^ the dri of 
lawyer in good practice is of great. advantage quee; 
г 3 
and then, 
imm end available in the ъан ае line of 
ГЕ * 42 Bia dizi 
progres 
is is greatly Tndebted to the discovery o 
^ will | he farming of other counties, h 
should, if p. bin spend other 2 years in one or mor 
ial 
es, and success in uires 4 der. “depends on 
the четт бм of their ios tm table to 
estt 
e 
e 
which will 
one naturally and 
чеч ун of soil to be 
be raised. 
Kno iege ET that kindi is ч | асову €: in re = чя customs of one's own 
€: 
ublie education o 
England, ex except in 
oce in serie schoo! 
i| for е especial object of agricultural in instruction 
GPP 
a 
Tf 
Шар 
ш 
chemistry and of animal pat 
never be: out of place in а farmer’ в education. You азі, 
е Col 
and йе perhaps that instituted as 
The 
farmers t 
in acquiri 
E fairs and 
j 
school ? ? "That admits of most various answers, and y yet 
telligent e foun 
ceive pupils, and there would i fase, did w sons 
e genera — desire dion their 
of st 
. By pa. a training 
y to make a successful | 
[i 
or — on the future character. Some who have 
the may Бе allowed to travel а little, at least in 
1 Rad 
But from rming, w Mes to 
those actually uel i in it is a most difficult profes- 
which we are always Tear rnin € 
l 
or ооа, 
ошт. 
al training. 
Б 
1 
the eustoms and husbandry of different districts. 
1 ld, and 
worid, and 
