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"The system of instruction is such as to afford the student every 
facility for acquiring a thorough knowledge of scientific and 
practical agriculture, with the use of the best modern farm im- 
plements and machinery. But the subjects which receive atten- 
tion are not such as are calculated to make farmers merely. The 
institution is a literary one, of which the department of agricul- 
ture forms an important and distinguished branch, and it will 
afford the best opportunities in regard to commercial and classical 
education. Here, therefore, young gentlemen may prepare for 
the counting house, for college, or for any other respectable course 
or profession," 
"To secure these ends, the branches to be pursued, and the fa- 
cilities enjoyed, are briefly as follows: The subjects being arranged 
under four heads or courses; the General Primary, the Agricul- 
tural, the Commercial, and the Classical." 
" General Primary Course. This consists of the ordinary Eng- 
lish studies, and also includes simple book-keeping, general ma- 
thematics, as geometry, algebra, &c., the science of government, 
and the principles of laws." 
" Agricultural Course. Instruction in natural philosophy, par- 
ticularly mechanics, hydraulics, and pneumatics, and their con- 
nection with the construction of implements, and the movement 
of machinery. Also the natural sciences generally, including 
elementary and agricultural chemistry, with practice in the ana- 
lysis oj' soils, and their varied products. Mineralogy and geolo- 
gy, as w^ell as botany, and the phisiological structure and economy 
of the vegetable kingdom will receive special attention. Ento- 
mology, and other branches of natural history, will be attended 
to." 
"Those applications of mechanics which interest the culturist, 
will form a portion of this course: surveying, trigonometry, level- 
ing, mensuration, &c., with the use of instruments, field practice 
and mapping. The sketching of implements, animals, views 
from nature, and architectural and prospective drawing, will re- 
ceive its share of attention." 
"The practical facilities which the institution has the means of 
affording in this course, cannot be surpassed. There ai'e seventy 
acres of tillable land which has been for years under a highly 
judicious method of cultivation." 
"The students engage directly in all that is connected with 
every description of crop to which the climate is adapted. There 
being an abundance of fruit, and ornamental trees and nurseries 
on the premises, their care and management occupy much atten- 
tion. The gardens, the exotic plants, and the shrubbery, are such 
as to afford the advantages of instruction in horticulture and flo- 
riculture." 
