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cause of the buildings so well adapted for it 

 that are offered almost for nothing). At such 

 an institution let all the branches of a good edu- 

 cation be thoroughly taught, and let the work 

 of the farm, the whole of it, be performed by 

 the pupils, working in sets for three hours every 

 day, under the supervision of an intelligent, re- 

 spectable, skilful farmer. The produce of their 

 labor would certainly enable the proprietor to 

 put their board and tuition at a very low rate, 

 say for both, one hundred and twenty dollars 

 per annum. Who that intends his son for a 

 farmer would not send him to such a school ? 

 It may be said that young men of Virginia 

 wouldn't consent to perform the drudgery of 

 farm work; we believe they would gladly. em- 

 brace such an opportunity, at least, the most re- 

 spectable of them, to learn the use and manage- 

 ment of tools and farming implements, as well as 

 the various mechanical operations that are so 

 important to a farmer's success. If a farmer 

 never expects to run a furrow himself, he should, 

 nevertheless, be able to show his ploughmen 

 how to do it. In short, that sort of knowledge 

 which would enable him to drill his hands into 

 perfect ploughmen, w r ood-cutters, seed-sowers, 

 drivers, ostlers, &c, would be invaluable to him. 

 Would the drudgery of such an institution be 

 greater than is willingly encountered by our 

 youth at our military institute, or is the cleaning 

 a musket a more noble or more useful employ- 

 ment than grinding an axe ? 



We are tired of waiting for the Legislature to 

 establish schools, and make turnpike roads ; let 

 us try the effect of individual enterprise and in- 

 dividual exertion, and to encourage some one to 

 such an undertaking in Virginia, we publish 

 Dr. Lee's proposal for his agricultural school in 

 New York. 



WESTERN NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL 

 SCHOOL. 



The undersigned is happy to announce to the 

 farmers of Western New York that he has 

 made arrangements with Gen. Rawson Har- 

 mon, by which that gentleman and the Editor 

 of this paper will be united in a joint effort to 

 teach both the Practice and the Science of Agri- 

 culture. The School will be opened for the 

 reception of pupils on the first of May next, at 

 the residence of Gen. Harmon, in Wheatland, 

 Monroe County, New York, to whom, or to the 

 undersigned, at Buffalo, any communication re- 

 lating to the subject, can be addressed. 



The farm contains two hundred acres of im- 



proved land, which is under excellent cultivation. 

 Gen. H. has now sown over fifty distinct varie- 

 ties of Winter Wheat, all of which will be sub- 

 jected to accurate scientific experiments by the 

 writer of this, during the coming season. It is 

 believed that great and valuable improvements 

 can be made in the culture and developement of 

 this bread-bearing plant. It remains, however, 

 to be demonstrated, that one-third of the labor 

 usually expended in growing a bushel of this 

 gram is wholly lost to the farmer and the world ? 

 by its misdirection, or unwise application. We 

 now use too much of some things, and too little 

 of others. The culture of Spring Wheat, Corn, 

 Barley, Peas, Beans, Oats, Clover, Potatoes and 

 other roots, on strict scientific principles, w T ith a 

 i view to lessen the cost of their production, will 

 receive particular attention. Where the things 

 come from that make these great staples, and 

 what they are, will be carefully studied. 



Great pains will be taken to ascertain what 

 | animals furnish the most profitable living ma- 

 chinery for changing grass, grain, roots, straw, 

 &c, into milk, butter, cheese, beef, pork, mutton, 

 fat and wool. To impart a thorough knowledge 

 of the Organic Structure of all this machinery, 

 and of the office or function performed by each 

 Organ, there will be minute dissections of all 

 domestic animals. A Museum, illustrative of 

 the Anatomy and Physiology of all the living 

 things which the farmer labors to produce, and 

 | keep in a healthy condition will also be formed. 

 Lectures will be given in these departments of 

 j natural science, and no pains will be spared to 

 j render their study both interesting and truly 

 useful. Work in a Chemical Laboratory for 

 the analysis of Soils, Manures, Fertilizers, and 

 all Vegetable and Animal substances, will form 

 an important department in the school. Lec- 

 tures will be given in this branch of science 

 with a view to prepare Teachers of Academies 

 ■ and Common Schools to introduce the study of 

 I Agricultural Chemistry into these seminaries of 

 learning. A suitable Text Book, and a cheap 

 j Apparatus for the use of school teachers and 

 | private gentlemen have long been in a course of 

 j preparation by the undersigned. Agricultural 

 j Geology will also be taught. A full course of 

 study and practice will occupy four years; during 

 ; which the pupil will be required to keep, in his 

 own handwriting, a journal of his studies and 

 progress, and an accurate debk and credit ac- 

 count of all farm operations. He will be charged 

 for his board and tuition, washing, &c, and cre- 

 dited at a fair price for whatever service he may 

 render on the farm. But we cannot promise 

 work and pay for all that may offer. The object 

 of the proprietors of this school will be to turn 

 the labor of young men to the best possible ac- 

 count, and to give them the full benefit of their 

 skill and industry. 



The price of board, washing, lodging, lights, 



