-MAY 20, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' 
CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
467 
Gae 
" а іад, yet I believe it to be good c миру аз іп- 
20 
г 3 рег сеп. —а mere leaven, but 
pel PM x a leaven—who enter agriculture 
2 — from other walks of E E 
P АЙА in my humble pm the influenc the 
S И арй Кын over this great MA, 
whole, d likely alto I v 
It will certa , for mple, 
sm i of the iutelligent and well educated tenan 
than in that of the “ ck ” farmer of 50 acres, 
who is little more th labourer; but taking the 
ы ii new a learne: ho 
d therefo bre т never и the bc 
, -— of pulling Nature out of her course, 
f | everybody. 
sage, which, however. 
think, — quoting on this subject. 
noug 
Кж 
а good fari 
nt t of aD — m 
а e of life to make men scholars is the time du nae 
in the farming line, and it rarely happens that a 
рост in that business unless 
uth.” This was written, let us recollect, long before 
agricultural hel. of the sciences had bee 
worked out. 
An 
mer, and | from mii 
wa 
he be ает to it from Is is зуб in the art and — of а, 4ricultare. 
extravag antly worded, is, I and a better knowledge of | practical agriculture, than I should 
He says simply |11 had passed my whole life in Norfolk.” 
d similar назан to any extent could be quoted 
ein in the uie — it is 
not 
that асасы 
He eve à adds, "I would take а man that = neith: м se I would not say that this is all that is 
nor write to t s farmer sooner than I ewean i e mos я м ei ak "but t it is the thing that is required. And 
earned ma e former has no knowledge but w “ comes | i there be any displeasure at my occupyin time 
P о тене, Шо atia esee et th is i mortig g with бе азве те а iy obvi 
mself upon his reading and his education, by which he is, 1005 
g Im qi it has seemed 
it is, 
a me as ir it v mes in Mop of "od 
what is necessary for agricultural geris мну: he has Жа] Е я as the utterance of a shrewd, елер forgotten ventur ure S erre to submi t to those 
a since his marriage, is € е4 to а he. pee ог | aud ful farmer, notwi thstanding the utter | are in Comet ig —- sub; 
ce from' any one what M to ew deni absu dity a чы folly of which many will pronounce it that the youn n whom. the ey are anxious pm 
a sa Г йл now strietly of. Mm ч : uca ion) guilty, simply because of the trastworthy good sound aright for vg ена career, have to gain their 
which 1 he shall get or give bis son whom he destines to | Sense which I contend that it also dis lays. IfI were|liVing by it; and that therefore the а aim and end of 
Р, - н< 13 icultural students, or fe degree agricultu "i озше must be professional ability. I 
lie must ga ow so much better than -— o 8 person. | responsible for their success in after life, as, if their канал to myself the с fa -— an wit e 
The factis, that in agriculture, far more than in any | teacher, I should be, I would not utter one word i 2000 30001. on which depend as a farmer, 
rade or occupation, the piu generation of n praise of scientifie instruction, f they were reto infer from | CT ooa z rant as such by all the distinc- 
n 
sociae and € d the last, 
tion of t 
yt MÀ who 
usiness of their life from 
| 
para 
| Nat ature and of practi 
ging of so rx 
n in — country, 
te thing for 
e land for 
d, indeed, state it 
n 
{е thing for the next generatio 
wards is entire el n the hands of farmers 
E is Ж no one who would hesitate | 
ure which any large-hearted "etd 
as truly represent d goa 
agricultural progress r him | 
accomplishment of his benevolent poe I Sr Re itto р 
bea fortunate thing that the — of the pea 
of his tenantry, w 
thin П be a 
ore, bd и. tei неоп of | hard 
ers is а ты Кы n the 
7; 
t isn 
"y men m torta u i à Testis in 
a in reference to 
mine whom I pi 
thelr judgment that should d v 
t tis plain that the old farmer, 
чуе жу ы 
€ tha A à qe Md farmers [зге €— | А 
rely in 
and mount necessi ity of prae ctical knowledge and 
| skill aud of that ve ЕЎ patient observation of 
nd early years by which they | ° 
tall MI 
e ledge “that comes from god 
could have known 
he never "wil c^ 
science. 
For peche l is an art si not a 
EEN 
little of science, liken he here r 
“learning” Im рео 
tendeney was to mike 
its course, sed 80 oit. ple heh 
— А us „the limits imposed by ен A. on the 
lity 
brine и at 
efers to under the words 
he its 
ure of 
or which 
chemistry, and botany ought most of eme to hav 
а to - — 
30007. a: intai 
A arge and pim 
D вау, 1 чето о 
| tha e point under rsen 
ne me long ago by the 
bingdon, and it has die 
th on the 
ways вее ieh eee 
subject of agrieu 
"ti 
ral educa! 
some years since 1 first put it em print, ече E феа 
ерлк werd the round of the papers ; nevertheless | 
It Mp 
X Poner 
^v: agricu 
a neighbo: 
po p and judg py аз 
зз s AR - peer wi hs. 
ө listened Tina 
| instruction sad ad 
др езд ү” 
—EEOY 
y 
fields, an 
| of the one, n. 
ГЕ Anish his reply :— 
said, 'to be amongst plan 
ing on the р 
ld. Ever since I can 
age of the land, the cu 
eei? ri was 
Bo 1. C. erri d fa 
m Ye m 
farm 
t all his im 2 the | 
peech | 
possi 
Al ponen 
| ^: win ultimately come 
y man; but it is bone "mischievous 
to be so judged 
hose case I hav: 
ave su 
s | “agricultura ral education,” as a 
bim and such as he is, any other 
fessional mennirg which t 
the refor with the authorities 
; биз „need o 
y quoted, in Insisting 
early apprenticeship to farming as 
побед. аге, however, mere 
and the writers would, I 
e testimonies I have qu 
iss Mn fuller ` statemen 
E ptm all a with 
of the countr i 
| bes n P which it gest ndi 
bette the two. And s 
impossi bie 
vii. is desirable, it becomes the m 
—— that the agricultural student, should learn 
with which its Cr. knowledge is 00а, 
unconsciously, and — reet. 
fitness, of 
EXE DT 
follower of 
young. 
ke now the recently declared opinions on this su 
One of the most intelligent ЕЕ 
үүө, all I s 
dealing 
4 nd time 
С" ent * ripe nme wore RSS and ia 
hic 
of the ne eet inse will lift Ма hen 
m 
needs 
sird deee the life u ү» farm 
to perf. tural educa- 
tion 
| 
FH 
H 
i 
time, 
ranks much 
Major | 
men in 
m а letter of his to 
alin Tal 
close his school z hos Pegin hia | ject of living теп, 
hould contend f 
best ble use of the school term that 
and, , such an arrangement of his Tur 
аз shou qum меб нае his | experien: 
of these points that I have now to | ^" 
eee of sand. 
, and wen 
opora егей 
‚апа к а ep hand. Ihave 
ее school ; 
pr gim безер АД had to 
—— нш; it is an immense | Ing. The 
botan; " d others—th 
any other у, physiology, an: eant t чуз decns ары 
bee hades of agricultural and all other experience, 
Bend aladas of april and ali o directs, and of 
he observes, may be understood 
С 
Any agriculturist who is also 
certain extent а botanist, a chemist, a physiologist, 
| [n 
г tbe | with P his business, and his сена. із surer, айкый 
16 
A North oem — её has had 40 years 
ce of the life of a tenant- emen; and is well 
n рдей in tis doa county, says : 
ler the good providence of God, 
known 
vr ойнай. 
in the fi l ot tín to keow (be реалії port ef farm- | re 
t е 
n the first place ee g lerably indus 
mL. my youth, а and following that up with 
us habita. 
^ leading 
“I have 
in agreat measure to d thorough practical kno wledge obtained | 
uring apprenticesh 
An өре Ке Kentish ha farmer pae 
"apa 
oie Mr. One — t а name is 
known imn this room 
— 
commercial 
ial A IA 
a learning ome. 
ia manage farm and Бопе, fa Various part of the country, 
and I fancy in those eight years I gained more information, 
өү 
not been unsuooessful, but I attribute that success | 
Ж чын to des gr on ng your 
ari m of this pes SM I zs — 
dels is part of ш 
bo College so valuable, 
in my green, be not scientific 
purpose, aim, and end are to 
| | institutions — 
e 
is well threo or four years’ 
E 
home or 
lsewhere. MEE would at the College 1 lave or a year 
