sorsusen 4, 1885] THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE AND AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 1043 
ТИГУ О (ер knowledge, anad аА. Mi [thes imagines Пи Па purpose o ту papar was to f ground where guidance nd gne ү, odi uel 
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b^ шап tanco vi with the management of land and erops magnify the professional training as. s, compared with fhan i p? is jet t iw rk whieh is 
zn anim «t "рой, em and their individual skill in the and ha exclaims to the editoi the College 4 st xe ur sape mies nal 
varios. pe ions in which far pg consists. Á uare at present сы pedes on арй ame- [ur Жыт ч moreover na field longing {а 
"трів is the plan, as I shall state ength directly. lero n nd other farmers’ grievanees—Why do these things exist | any pro ge я а ienligral socie! 
я A w whether ib appears will and imprac- armers рор ihem unjust? Why do they constan n take еза Ui ЖЫЛ, grie ty, 
t . ea e give 
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you or noi; р succeed in | strength, and their time, and their brains, and their сара] ? I hope therefore that if 
^ ou that it might ЫЗАК еу the | for lows To remuneration tban other people, and either posupy sho ald think 2, - 1 olor d e Ki суртеда - e te 
ttention of young pet who mers | 1204 by the year at the mercy of another, or si ере with | E P 
gener la EU oT ra aA d Аф Ё. E fol hic S ^ чыз алс 1 гета а in any y scheme for promo- 
2 аб it would lead йй у » pioy са din U | British Agriculturist? ` ішу, I таїпёйіп, beca E they are "n cultural education in this part of the country, 
ofessional study much spare time now wasted, and | educated just as Mr. Morto ants them to be educated." сов tal uds to the eit part 
tit would have a wholesome cue е тев p In н ы м С — Ws ; cultural a siaa hich the National Society 
ion of agriculturists. Рег plac s rton seems to be that the lad should | has hitherto neglecte 
? it would be well to extend tho district to the lough lik lies Й wo giman, stack like a stacker, shear sheep | T коп quote to ou many letters from farmers and 
n the Society’s m ap to otherwise assist. He will do pahing. x y 
rovince 0 ET) ?|th e kind." He will at fre d enjoy the liberty he has others in all parts of the rina. смеем іп те 
lh and that includes acquired ; ie "will think tran Гай аА? во ор Vest proved general ed 
orcestershire as W well as богет rshire. of a lazy life, he may be p у manage the ree rg СЗГ ot tion which 
Jefore ati 
the Society i 
state а farm as well, but certainly not one whit better tha d in e 
; t probability there is of its bein, - i i -educated youth, he had gone fora year i^ early R Au uon | but which bes bein t oper stión for в ерга! tion 
will ask what pro y ч being accepted | to study farming at a farm, carrying with him a Tusc ciplíned | past— —the existing behind n of En alish agriculturists 
not merely by this Club, but by a sufficient number of | min nd, апа the cultivated bi rain í ofa man." stand much higher in I of intelligence than the 
ibers in the county to ensure its success. The thst 1 and in we have the best pens 
first difficulty i in the way of its adoption ppi is i-e] ўа, because they. express, as мы аре as I believe for the care which haie " ure goin of them 
the low prices for t the produce of our co n-fields. all the is|now receiving. I will, Mae т, quote only o one, the 
the great risk hanging over the and liberal, and to the extent € time letter of Mr. Áutho тоў Few ll 
make the presen b pol exiromely unfavourable on its | allows a зе general education durin: hood | “ Looking back from apum et view, embracing a retro- 
injrodnotion, That of course e eo enough; but the | and youth, which more than anything else is pre spect of two ge neratiops, the ады ЫЗ ше A genns три in 
то h d" y 
subject is jus ust now , befo yal l Agric ieultural in order to increase the poer md raise the position of ducem $ m Pase M e Still ү а E... edo р 
Lev and ib se e ур y profession whatever—agricultural or other, Bat the present generation wi th their fathers, the mental and wá 
or never, | though - all hold thi no doubt as strongly as this прое егу stri triking. 
however г unfortuna te ho t i writer does, that is no reason for putting things to mitting, еа the pre-eminent importance of 
The great difficu ulty, Minds "i ‚^н is that 16 is | improper dm An end society is a body in he PTA of Seal өйө ера too, rightly 
good schoolin ng for their boys, much more than scientific whic h men associate for a certa ain definite purpose. | or w rongly, t „е ‚ member 3 Cla b i lo 
or pragkical 1 prn after they haya left schoo. erly i 1 diy чя it were po 
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ant farm most anxious a abou iod 5 under their consideration and patronage. 6 the ere are rather have any noc which m Club may — 
eme w good things and even other better ү: Жк which | directed in promotion of this which they feel so 
дой within араай. of their sons кн of their means, do not mae to пз; and the conviction tha t there e are stron gly —but kn pe that this general education i is 
it w mao oubt ала. ЦА great interest prop ] beli that 
ki p ES - med. t | ety 8 ould confine itself to strictly 
vith this acknowledged ri „апі has the appearance | for which in pad vida we have ba adod ourselves | анте D Я T hope that n" er —— m 
pU shall certainly be all the more likely to stening may be confined to the ques 
EL » do ubt a first consideration of it therefore leads | ser rve our generation usefully if we keep ourselves or | no t pogine Ad lend ә National rechten Society 
rather to езй itas a project Los offers help, | even kx as ourselves to the work which snp oal d ibo the dere not o of ge 
love slight, t ards the great want „of the „дау. | belo; ongs to ns. үөү thus iti is that w l training which a well- 
I vent: e, ho cde t y believe ege neral ti 
and the. prevalence of a real a anxiety on this subject | by far the mos important клн ot our lives, stri Let us then refer no tees maining tw ts o 
is a hundred!old nts кену for the барт being | associate: we are in a society for agricultaral Mr. Holland's case, viz, As fact tpar there is is : р 
ultimately well nd lied b who ose improvement, we may feel bound to confine our atten- | and RE papay ated field f r the professor onal 
. proper business it т i € small у t that professional training ЕФ which — “оң atio on of t dep 
supply on the part of any agricuitural society can be. | {з preliminary education they are to be fitted fi be directel а indue ed to von in this fel C 
This felt want, which secures the popularity of Mr | their са М ото: 
Acland’s scheme for usiug the moneys subscribed for| The three p* ints h I quoted as the grounds of * On the first of thess points, what is it, let me ask, 
agricultural improvement towards the preliminary МЕ Holland's advice to qs Royal aiia rs. Society | Шав a young man needs besides land of "another. and 
education of sons of Тегү whether they are them- | on this def ect w -H t, tl 
selves to be farmers or not, is itself to my mind the Portes iready receiving and Tact. If we call th 
poen and ойс! puta that no such scheme is attention ШЫ 2 districts 25 л has ever дуре кыне iw P $ "recien - ай, p. ШМ di busi- 
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at it does поё need any external spur or | ness? tact, and thus more accurately de 
h эа, that the Mop of nd робіт навон meaning, we do поб thereby limit it, but her 
in coun Pr зй than ever any previous. а | of the farmer has been of years wonderfully extend. “the scope of it. the knowledge of 
had. Ib is Vai resulting in the li fi and suce Кү farmer is part and EH] of 
large schools— of county sehools—a work in which nor even in general properly (een а over which one or he of the sciences; and the more and better 
county gentlem m s men of all grades in any t f 
may properly take great interest, whether ^ belong and 8d, that iti is | possible to е and | stimulate their | (терня and rin el by example, the more likely ar 
to agricultural societies or not. But u вап 1 skill and tact to avoid mistakes aud to reap NS 
schooling, f itis t i fal ar su icd M ou that the agricnlbural 
perly the work of agricultural тей } What | the Бану, апі ri Ae Raka ыч A is in dri way to pr gress which has been witnesse lè current 
te the i tofag ration hag venter im ег M field and 
enlinre; and thus bu ju. ot Ёре) OF the first point Ishall say no mor! n has been Боење е the need of all eral branches of a 
"A mina a education y со ламай, m in ral, is a ras sh to convince myself that ее as rinltural perfec et ra traini 
work Ad whioh they may prona kiko а ipis es should resolve that era raga schooling,| As to the need of “ business” ability :—we bave 
Tom that the t ty of any scheme | as ag oait it, is no part of thei Her ке is no| now е r the brunt of а competition * land 
for Bo the сана ре ае boys, and the | fear of its being пер1ес бу Ыы ч Lcd е the| with amateurs and one which has raised 
Di е coldness whi бе апу де oer к-р recs ce of ісце and ins agencies are ае apt | its а: {о rent greatly beyond w "m 3 h natural 
ting the ural educa ung | v forgets that I real work of the country is being | price for agricultural purposes. e to con- 
menis гессіуей, ате all the proof oneneeds Fiat hel fetten | done, not by them, but by each h inhabitant of the|tend with an ана developm £8 or Binti 
of these schemes ды уез all the aid that agricu vim po country for him 2^ Agricultural education, whether | in бег trades and manufactures, which h d 
Societies can give it, and that the former n по the sense of cland or of Mr. Ho jy is pro- "ar yond 
Of course we all know perfeetly well that thie better sh ud and will ‘proceed pretty much as it bas done| be. : 
сле {тота boyho od upwa ards is what mo e than | hi therto, It is the relationship of father id son|other food producers in the 
illl ti hout de country that is the real security for| beating down the value of much of ed field produce far 
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their best for the general education | o Тэрбие whi i mu gr dd ly Au 
more alive also than ever, as arrangements there is ‚Ж уса be done, not only in 
the > loca 1 т arket s, but brad E ud jm food апп. 
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а ее "e to act, 
». other important aims fen purposes altogether out a gera will do 
X sight, or divert to it that share of effort and atten-| of their chi ‹ y 
101 which is pr operly claimed from us by them. they in be, to th e difficulties of making a living off К P 
I have already Өлай a paper which was read last | the len 5 will do their best for the al impar T 
" Belong sng Royal Agric qd Society, in which | educa f the son or sous intended fo succeed them | Борн ы їп diffe bbs parts d of гер. orl s it not 
Y object w e upon the Society tha t they pa the farn. A is in the Ain point, however, where | plain that there is unusual need and unusual oppor- 
(comparing the knowledge of one ine, Ё E bat now-a-days for the exercise of shrewd- 
t of another) as the applica- and enterprise 
to agriculture is at length making “тї a 'to the pel of ефира! апі 1 рга skill : 
ex stimulus d id it seems to me that Loy eed it more than те оп 
d er а шер tu especia! ed or, notwithstanding the the farm, and Ia ld o f young i no in 
106 my subj i ir ti hich every neighbourhood s nerally postes it less than they us 
4 К: ject, and I contended it was nob iE ме arte ые Led WA Hai (be fini artius aed 1a тр е formerly T. s 
yi risen and аге rising | groove that used to eu them. ы ш ИГЕ 
Srienltural Society ; that ha other in that peel lamenting tbis, bnt only stating wba пете will be 
аще "- n rt дош not bem чел r 1 mee кесепе nce which the Agri- | generally admit to be the fact. The sons seek 
М. ? he юп uch humbler, b ugh far inferior, y yet | cultural га of En sd have thought proper » betten ind employment, and nee i 
in M i ial patro: ; but which, as 
atiet m subject that did per o the Agricultural take under their — pa i ch LE ESTE m з which is masora could d йереп 
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mely thaw should be made | believe, needs that patronage so much less than th 
м vi far y pe aZ preme rh North British strictly agricultural Poesio which they might have ме m yocp of "heir orders. 
2 luris ренга і thise in tbe | taken up. Small as the educational influence of sad | te р трет rvan mn lad tt ti in many rm 
Sum 1 ion local, over the great it is T so strong ап ng as it was; and all this 
ien eri relative importange of the good | societies, whether national or 4 al, Ma: gre жор у kta k js г E i iA sd 
education which nhood's | of farmers й ни ir district may be, it will i І 
sake, whatever uui — adopt, and the ficient i if Я their own master 3 pc den than it it used to be. — He must t be ble 
"pecial education which t never- |in the feld "which properly belongs to t ed, d ad on | not onl 
