468 THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND eetk TURAL GAZETTE, [iar 20, ue 
els; | whole country the general advance of the 
lternative is that such institutio f 61 to w^ 50% 
Cirencester Color ist be placed in trit im as while the - and Peas have bea ше E p a rng intelligence, educati маца 
Norfolk and East Lothian, » whieh are full o ung men statio inu "it is кй чө! pe to add that some | standin ert im great during the маш 
- b К 8 0! oorer soil ollowing ar 
кеды ‘farmin ТЯ p^ segetes ps €t He те а : —— e 4 inal d p interval, so that | which 1 have received, MERE the reply 
tıme зу 
aimar ироа чал pe АА "during |$ 
to o be put gaiss: higher 
which stu 
farms around as students of the several sciences taught 
at one negl А оа for the purpose. 
ention that in Scotland it is not uncommon 
за it аем everywhere, young men having generally managed in & much less systematic TE 
me ed by several years’ practice with t here, o lan dinaa? guano, artificial 
work of the farm, to e мес the office of а агл nt at an rchased cattle food, the increased 
b ore, where they have oppor- о : 
im рану scientie classes at the university to be on this, one ot largest and best managed | ва 
and elsewhere— е uniting the two most influential | farms upon the Continent, If, for example, the C EI: 
кт тед that c made to неч каче of а | hie district be taken for comparison—wher 
thoroughly bel раненне 
Iam well aware this їз but scanty treatment of my | 
subject; but indeed no other is possible within the 
d 
It must be admitted n 
naturally fertile e,is not the pa 
inc ig returns; never 
— alluvial soil, 
c etii h t to loo ok for 
Mr. Fewster, of Nailsworth, Gloac Bte 
| have known all my life fe both as a рЫ Mo. “һај 
thropist, and as a man in constant business Sere: 
| the ehe үзе Says— 
he 
hat there are e fow districts i in this сечиј Анат 
3 
“Look from my nt o! 
spect of e erum mg D advance ala aniy, 
атна in general intelligence, and in у а 
rmous, and the advance is still progressiva, {В 
the Lye ее» А: ебе fathers, this 
mpro ntis very в ing." mental 
wes Heec or than it bas been observed 
fertility is not much greater than it has been observed | ш pn same Sui -— hi 
the est & › imeelf a tenant lire 
y 
greatest fertiliser of all— 
time allowed me; and I have accordingly don e little | early p y 
more im at a certain degree of fairn | w more nearly 34 
discussion of it, by giving that same prominence here, in | and Ar. P wly states that the produce of mutto 
the scheme for the educatio the farme the | tbat district is double what it 
impor of practical instruction and skill, which it | being brought out at a year ol 
t dly has i experience of life. | NT. used to do at two years ol 
Had there been time гур ha: — ater | 
and of course much greater force, PE years, nd t dit 
length, 
EE loss advantages, eth dire ct and indirect, 4. E 
Бен actually а 
ofessi 
— ied sa a union of scientific D A —. 
— SY To меен especially, however, t me 
no do durs "e: ofthe many ds Yarn d| 
a comp: vi 
lit tle by land drainage, T à 
ther mple evi 
| ргоуе Ша ы the Whe at crop, aud а which in the | 
did 
not exceed 2 quarters an 
the wh 
a he expenditure on labour, 
example a particular and fairly characteristic farm 
e di 
|to 1 94 iss. an acre u 
cal | and 1863 it has a veraged 80s. an acre, beside 
but a scan nty illustration of a great subject ; ar 
On this 
, 105. "e an acre up 
» 1800, а nd FL 4 
ais is 
"n I do not think it is necessary to lead a laboured 
nsider the present tenant farmer, i; 
nding and real iotelligenos, io peni 
с 
we | social sta educatia 
t pue eror of far sp ; of unassuming mannaa 
PER often looked down on e ugue 
| sharo. of the other's sound. pea AT ES pm 
i Kent І hear— 
** The present generation of farmers is far superior in edas 
n in 
tion (but ф C in Ted) to the last. Most of our portis 
'hairmen 
unions u this part of Kent have farmers as c| 
chai 0: boards Ti = 
n Sponsing, of Oxfor ds says— 
** There o doubt, I think, but that the farmers o t 
preseut аан are better poner d moi 
advantages of a good education than ier. 
Mr. Burbery, о анта i says— 
imperfeoilon f this pa the discussion о owing t k the means are de e of giving their 
will in ar абса le "directed; and all therefore | noit by «шеш E mult titude of examples which | educ cation n. 
-— К а! at present add s he following ойно n|w uld easily be ming to show „the increased In shire, Mr. Adkins, of Milco 
i : "Te: are авылы instances]where the soi o 
А arai man of 21 about ad — on а farm | century. This vil be pains admitted by y every опе; а апа | о cial bearing is in no degree superior to his parents; but 
is unusually well qualifod both t ricultura désir , to be measured (рев gon penera aliy , the pretent generation offa of алин 
er for himself, | by: results of tnis kind, we ut in a claim for | intelligence t generation in ейпсаы рш MM 
and to make it respectable і in the 
5 0 
answ 
eyes of others, ы having up till 
y fai 
creased TR Yit y during the 
period in question, Unfortu! nately, however, for the 
In No Мб lk Mr. Clare Sewell Read declares:— 
*'There can be little doubt, that as far as education mi 
educated at, a school, has since that time been "e 
f 4 4 
esident o 
more than one farm, obtaining a practical scsjoaintanos | | 
both i in the [xn and. in, the market- -place wit ith all that | 
optim ists, 
Wita асса 
discrimination the proper inference on this point fr rom 
the facta befor eus, We have had land drainage er 
dopted as 
5 
} t h n Ек 
adopte a fer 
tous 
tilis 
iser, and we have һай 
some millions of of guano added to the soil, and 
t 
the last year or 
коле е А 
general M erri ee are Ad em of the present diy 
are greatly in advance of the neration." 
m North Lincolnshire m " ar— 
dis "No о doubt the present generation are much better edusta 
n any former, particularly ,the бе farmers, thot 
кее ny of the more respectable class о last generation were жї 
has been taking some interest in "those sciences | during the period "under re Е еи The n be little | educated mem A ma. their Social в err. has not 0 mut 
erm there to qe panni gei especially sqm el that experience has, during this бйле taught altered ag unties 
—and especially, also, I will add, if all along he armers the policy of greater "iberality and „outlay in In Yor К, е Ms. RUE of Thirsk, ті 
also taken a reas egree of interest in ex * My opinion n is that th the farmers of the Mh 
social as well as strictly professional duties, засе wm Ks and proper thing; but the increased produce thus | re pun i м, Ку ose of the; mcm 
and enjoyments of country life. obtained cannot be A down ie qoe to increased gent, better educated, and occupying a higher 
'erhaps even now he tter go for itl i And sd Outhwaite, P Dew, Catterick, writii:- 
ана а ААТ ЛЫ ЕЕ ог other professional man ma i к ^ m ep "cs generat vede (dore i this neighbours 
се the order, economy, an nier ue i е natural quality of the dnd 2d, the vx acter | 8re both far better educated, and much more 
ofa гї айс тоша ыйкоо ө o0 b mu of the machin ds = eris avullable for 1tj proper | tnformohtion than the last, Forty gea АРЫ M 
proper | cou] very imperfectly, kept very inaccurate 
cultivation ; and 3d, the quality and character of the | never left their homes except to market, NOW, every 
for — мач I do not doubt that, supposing а young | еш 
EAER o more tha an 25007. or r 26007. at his dis- | | 
judgment, aa and gei 
his тача hough h as 5007. ог 6007. has peon 
2 by him if песен iu this way, Phe his capita 
us diminished to this extent, 
9. The Existing State of Agricultural Education.— 
Our visi пати is the existing state of agricultural 
educatio his country. If this is to be measured by 
results, a ре рача ance may be nent ie claimed as 
(ойыш ET 
dà 
SE 
- 
n 
© 
во 
EP 
e 
f the wh iih ie quality of the land, 
товат т b 
n 
ей NET increased in pore and ӯ; ue, and 
e 
по higher than that of their immediate e predece Ssors, 
CA d 
I therefo re leave uU Mop 
Ld been Lees during the past 30 or 40 years. 
bt th 
of small f: arms in v country, whence neither landlord, 
tenant, nor labourer— € qnem cer nor consumer— 
on testimony. ye iP LER ve 
the serious consideration of all 
in ды! al е 
сей шеп, 
geb much more per 
ago. TAa i? cs £, 
to avoid the conclusion that on the sing the pro- 
pictuzes our 
воп and the late Mr. rice ER ooa атанан аге sufficien 
e 
many o 
results, and Mm д 
ere res 
че sedi 
education, thak y vaile че esti 
ak | E 
trom ра nowiglge of two preceding ge gen dicus, 
Hex unanimous and c ent. 
as to the 
e immense strides 
de by the general body of farm tenantry in general 
y|bya 
or. 
- нса ‚енден e, and social posi sition, there is not 
any m uch certaint y 
unanimi ity as to thei eir 
tak in any discussion - ay arise at Ку du 
| dinner table on agricultural subjects. 1 remember x 
| when апу order, pomeres pr ger sent from the i 
steward would b "pm. obeyed., Now, it 
read over, e aerei M soubig; ai ут гт 
Ceai t farmer, "petitio in ed against an blished. 
of їй» 
pe is I quote Mr.;Dods and Mr. Grey, of ; 
a8 1o ise tige The ai mer says— _ 
e present of farmers are better 
К do ее to thé ben реле» of po p have bettet d 
tunities е ио ng these antages on 
eration. 
n а Mr. im rey, piri ton, than whom now 
country is better titled to the respec 
nglish agri КҮ for his long an 
cultural ы; — g of the H Teu 
Which h pe established, says н" 
жы nio iin ыч ya such a Club in a besides 
bors, with a library of 489 volumes, bes de 
grown ann Rie бш moro кыш imet re д 
By way of datum line for com: comparison, 1 ma; y here give 
—in бу as to whether the sons are bet er farmers 
than -— Cr. mem The general finpresoli among 
heard. of it, „опе of the example farms of Európe--the 
f Zeeland, Hollan 
ма адыра 
tt 
ect e e 5000 € and was enclosed pure the 
Mr. Vanden Bosch, 
holder în in "ibat Торе) from the beginning, а кү the | 
e resident manager of it, who i is himself both а 
"e de in be habit for eis years and more of | farmers of thi 
g those whom I have 
r 
n al p n 
The pee is lovi, pe nearly 
it is all arable, and is cultivated 
e plan of a long and carefully 
in which, besides our annual 
! have pud been well ed 
cated 
mselves, 
pe xj whil 
are large districts і in keel country where the ils there in 
men, yet 
consulted is th at the professional 
liy 
means were 
e disposal e farmer was at least as great in 
the leadin 
troubli to be 
sprite а and the tard rem authorities | no 
with circu 
of a ке or only d ee that has arise 
n | them, and the 
during that period; an question of agricultural | still better 
ion the ты of a correspondence of | external help. 
mem 
fact in proof 
манон periode isa А. т aod facto prosent generit 
We 
Åt leget ao. 10 Was 
ори at whose o fields Pe stock is now tho! 
what exemplary. 
Very many more testimonies of eq! 
ЫСА, character со uld be quoted 
n 
Over the| And it is for this reason, too, that 
Mm 
