Mar 20, 1865.] 
THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE AND AGR IOULTERAT, GAZETTE. 
469 
general and liberal preliminary 
sons to be best : served by those 
iom of good 
rein d farmers" 
—which of course affects 
the А 
cation Quite as as much as it does bat t of | genres: 1 
Price. mem 
= 
who are urg gov 2 and I hope I need not say that while| M mrt painit Jat E ds 
ЛІ f 
кейіпі зава - trema uen аьр: anxious above everything that this , Society should do The Sheen the "C ee быш т "о | | 1 - а 
рон Ml being ed. I have sought for information at large, а — simply i in | Small Е AA pu e c e | 1600 
order to ascertain. the truth, an d a ожау Feeding and Manures, by C. Sibson 10]| 850 
MES РІЗ fact that verthey Ба Mechta How to эмр zd [18 0 500 
the I educati ion ot the pr resent ginta of | may be е)— he question of serica шга ы e I Young's Farmers’ Ca Бага] Рго ably | ds 9 | 509 
farmers and their sons is higher than that of the | have Misir, from Messrs. Black, of Edinburgh, Ь nd posco mur 
ү депега tion—there is n o such 1 universal belief Blackie, of Glasgow ; Fullerton, уй E: nburgh; Long- I beg t о thank the publishers, of these works for во 
еса gm gway, and Rou yu» f Londou, I also |fr: rankly giving e these 
contrary i& would appear bab there is a great ied for information Kos pare Blackwood, of ‚ Оре e ert is a large number of 
ет E of practical and onal know- | London and Edinburgh, ias are the publishers of Mr. other books n. essed ой - whi ^d lave not had 
ledge in yo farmers or you: en are а ec Stephens's valuable si Ae works, and I|anything like Кыш, t I think that 
become farmers, They are very apt to take to their | am r sorry indeed that i e not information on | even here, vida ng “ту very large " publie to which 
horse, and , and gu the pleasures of a " this subject from them, e I cannot add to my " these books are addressed, and the contrasted demand 
eountry life, and shirk the practical sppnotonkin del t | Mr. Stephens's Book of the Far m, n which is one o for professio nal T in the medical world, we have 
which used to be more peus insist | standard agricultural TTA and has doubtless as pies evidence rather o mperfect than of a satisfactory 
Thus Mr. Dudding, of Wragby, ise ез who | a circulation as g^ book of its class. state of professional "education i in - of —— If 
believes in the superior ЕЕ of the present| І also applied to Mr. Churchill, опе of the leading | I lay f the reading public 
generation, adds :— publishers of medical works, fo: g information of the | for agri ulta ссойпф professional 
part of the business of a farmer is in 
“ е practical 
тн, of my father's Hime. 
advance 1 » not believe, The young men 
40 ог 50 years age, were accustomed to ploughing, groom 
their own horse, and at ing to а certain рее. of sto: 
—in fact, taking part in any of the practical work on the fara 
Now this is very different: not one in ten of the higher class 
ef farmers wculd be capable upon commencing business 
direct own peactionl experience the various ope 
tions on 
m D^ of N Veniet loge вауз:— 
to form ап 
eim, zi Most duy ане emn bm far better versed in 
dim. in — mal moral philosophy, iod even the 
departmen а good general education, than they 
are in the sente d oe of consider the 
е prese: 
їз he pene & be ed 
у." 
only 
"Ж. Clare Sewell Read, of Norfolk, comparing the 
cate 
young er of the present generation with the past, says: 
practical farmers, I don't think they are much 
e but of — S MP" of the principles and 
science of agriculture 
n says :— 
use of fai well 
X e general Urin of "ie Met үч о pe^ 
е possess many appliances which formerly 
dds:— 
тау say that I know of no young man in this einn 
оце о of 22, who is са 
- 
of а farm must in us -— ыз ке: i Mi and 
practitioner into a nth of diffi 
dian — peat: [that the 
m. 
ыз ral | publishers. 
о 
sales of professional works to members of a 
thoroughly vell e pen yin "at I rid have 
d hich to 
h 
standar mate 
the in 
dication sir led | by the 
nator 
Twenty years ago Mr. СКХ rogi | 
ral books to the ol 
rather Tg ge айч education, i iti is partly Nm that 
pu 10е includes 30,000 landowners ав well as 60,000 
znglish farmers. 
And I believe ne result of the whole inquiry to be, 
th: T it is the promotion of professional rather than of 
ced | declared "ei tiv 
Apa 
P. " "su ah | 
smus Wilson, на 5 
Ro yle, The number 
Chemistry, Physiology, Materia Medi 
Bird, 
Churchill is LIA alleled by that of other publishers of [n 
medical boo 
h 
the of 
e дайуней, X the 
‚ һе 
genera rel edubilion "that is most needed in the English 
agricultural world, 
WHAT CAN THE AGRICULTURAL SocIETY po? 
ДӨН 
ety шау best promo 
ыа) education in e country; d 1 shall ко tax your 
patience for more than dmi; minu M: - 
e and twen тв ago a td mpo 
рго Аз. ja б ж for pef usi. was 
late Hobert Je ffri ries Brown of 
the local F " Clu air- 
admirabl 
uent en 
fore 
most er 
i labours, The 
at 
g been 
аш 
ut co җы are this with the experience of the p 
ке, agric nM REN о h 
larger a constituency. First, howeve 
рде, "There were 30,000 Uien 
A tig bailiffs, - аа M Sie) ад agri. 
ngla: 
чает ею 
intellig m. o 
publie s spirit "id self denial dms; I do not "- at ыч d 
а nd a 
many лоот E publie diss, уйсун which p 
returned, a tabular number is in this 
P 
rent к - 
It is prob ble, however, that there may be s 
e class who m = be better described as small 
farmers cultivatin -— own land, aud this would 
perhaps diminish mber of the class on whom veda 
anlan publier poer „depend, I oig o! take 
30,000 the mber. As to farms—of ever 
1000 holdings i in rs "English counties, еи were only | 
over 100 acres e each, I take therefore aniy 20 per | 
in the b 
cent. 
йч the ind — im agri- 
undoubtedly of late 
na 
vailable for publishe rs. To 30, 
foro, add 50,000 farmers, and som. 
our Jo 
ome of 
in the curre 
ta may be cited as 
у 
Society in ura ra 
ork of agricultural education which is 
has ы, be done? There ia probably 
ia ono. 200 acres and upwards in this 
try ; occu La therefore by it. d certain 
RPSL middle- - in society, whose sons may 
nan commaud а fair middle-class rap egt 2 
heir professional life gt as much as 30 y 
then 1000 young men of t bis class are every усаг 
d sgrienltural students, and dod hav 
Enn If to this мат e be M n 
student or apprentice to that of professional agricul- 
ur 
аьа in Scotland a тер assume turist. Мож we may assume that there is at least a 
There are i t|the * publie" АЛ, m ансайды (үте in this| period of three or four years in duis or appren- 
as likely to point out the truth on this e е | country numbers tice life of each educational stimulus and 
опе is the statistics of turak sociótite: зава UE what aie sales prece: books? M guidance would y useful; and it thus 
Which however Mn. but a don btful relation.| Longman have sol & 9000 copies lon's | appears that 2а 217 constituency of 3000 ог 
ship toit; and the ot other із the amount of sales which | rada of Agri prse siuce се 1825. Yu llarto. young in England open to that educational 
Publishers have obtained for agricultural works. Of | 80 copies of T Rural Sh; and 8500 ed ир ТРЕ this atari! might, and, as I yate 
she first, соп t 1845. Ж, n 4 vols. at 20s. each 550 8 | ought apply the rein and spur 
information, which, е T торамы Farmers’ Goet, publi ished in 1853-6, d large Ls e dieti is the work which has to be done. 
incomplete, I will here Ms sy tbat the great number | Blackie has sold 8500 copies of the. Aerial К lo- 
Pr ere of local agri sels ш, ped especially | га a pa ublished in 18 56 in 2 vols., for i Of ow d be do dd ons ө other bis oe 
Farm an ture, ring the mulus and gui ich are neede 
indication M Me of the i Pies ti in Le iy fe de pen edition of which was published in Vibes tha the old- fashioned plan of offering prizes гага 
nm Ped i information Which prevails—than Longmans have since sold pipi D Fia "m Jun 7 ma m аг lor "v dh 
Proof that there nothing more Т; ата аА Ot other books І add the followin tion. 16 is у possible, no doubt, for any is- 
Tee in the peot rst Perte ees amem тие] Sold. [Published Panes с M do А 
Col at Dr. 
man uui othe: чал Messrs, А. & С. Black, s.d rir Success, pim qi — abt 
eie нары applied to by local clubs E eemper on | Mr. Wilson's British Farming т 800 | 1840 аге really the СА and the stimulus by which 
nts of agricultural scii ractice. Messrs. Blackie d: Co. agricultural ror on is, and will always be, efficiently 
Professor of the Agricultural Colle "quem Toce, | Webb's Farmers Guido -3 61 10000) 199 |promoted in this country. thel 
prdertaken to teach a class of members of t ingscote eee PEACE Ls 0| 3000] 1859 with all а. both that valuable prizes and 
the us Club, who ve sought his help, so much of | New Farmers’ Almanac — .. .- + 9,000 | Annually t p 
experience, x chemistry explains icultu Messrs. Fullarton. s 4 
are v Vus uci Miner learns that these clubs | Farmers' hoi ет SET 6| 150 adi upon the student; and that the programme 
part often t of public spirited effort on the Love gg examiners is an effective "addition to а 
yet, арену few individuals in each co эм; Handboor ot Duty Husbandry : ы езе oral Lei uidance m experience confers upon in- 
ЫШ арнай over ч лш орад es tint thore io this тон Domostionted Ат a A z (que indeed, heard it asserted, that 
i t; .. . » 
for the may, if it jt chooses, шеш use tà any effort it may make Ж этет ot ^" Domesticated mination n and. ege is nr ДУ арра to tle 
tion, prosecution of professional e^ са- Animals .. d: agricultu 1 ren It еп at 
lust few w reason I have during the rss Lows me Paliions of there is no possibility "of testing es tal knowledge 
62: eeks in Lordi of information regardi dis, of to Bohn. ку. d t in — к Un object: 
Мо теа, e now full information regarding Меза, ida e with exactly equal force to those ex ami- 
Societies in pius bout 
m Dany. however, of Co ade Las ubica nue armia pi Uto } 19^  |steps in rank, and there certainly it is altogether 
it to make the list com; before Rev. S, Smith's books оп Lois- 7000 | $1849 & | untenable. But indeed I am quite certain that all 
to Mr. Hall è sending | Weedon Husbandr: 1856 
p. Dare, in case for this or any other | Squarey’ ER ACRI Cheroistry.. go 150 | 1841 who have had any experience in agricultural exami- 
,9* communication with tbe Main's Farmers’ Man ual > 2000 | 1847 j| nations, whether they be professors determining the 
aries t great body of 
ers it should be found here, : ton be E 4 nE industry and ca ази of a student before, hei їз passed, 
e Fa! "M MN 
On the Sarzs оғ Books. Cotino VET Exam UN hf 
* question of the sale of agricultural books, uen ur PN 5 à 15.570 |р. annum examiner e ascertain rdg any обе for ho 
