The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-15 00:00:00

CORNWALL.

PRODOSED Aaatcctvaxat Cott o■ LED MODEL FARM.
—A general meeting of the subscribers to the Rodd Testi-
monial was held at BoClrein last week. The Earl of Saint
Germans presided; and said the general nature of the objects
propoeed was first to do honour to a distinguished friend of
agriculture, the late Mr. Rodd; and next to establish a
school for the diffusion of agricultural knowledge among the
farmer's taus in Cornwall. After some further ob-
servations, his lordship called on Mr. Wills who
read the report of the committee. It stated that
the formation of a School of Agriculture in con-
nexion with a Model Farm had been received
throughout the county with a general feeling of appro-
bation, and that while a variety of suggestions had
been offered for effecting this desirable object, dona-
tions amounting to upwards of 1,6001. had been provisionally
promised, and that more than half the estimated capital for
the Model Farm had been guaranteed. W. H. P. Carew,
in a speech of considerable length, in which he entered
into statistics, showing that the expenses of the proposed
college could be considerably modified from those of the
Cirencester institution, moved the following resolution :
That the report presented by the local committee is hiWy satirise-
tory, and affords substantial grain& for betted that, by fmther cu-
rio, sufittert funds may be raised for the establishment of the pro.
pond inatitutios.
Mr. Carew then *peke of the returns they might eveet.
He might be too manguiae ; but he had calculated on
100 pupils, at 301. each, which would give 3,000!.
From the Model Farm itself they could not anticipate
any returns for the first three years at least. After they had
got well in work, he believed he was not extravagant in ex-
pecting a profit of at least 15 per oent. an the capital in-
vested on the farm. Thatcapital they had taken at 3,0001. ;
and the profit at 15 per cent. would, of course, be 4,501 a
year Besides this, he thought they might expect a profit
from the manual labour of the pupils He was struck the
other day, at the meeting in Bothnia, with a remark from
Mr. Veroas that they must not have a school without practioe.
(Hear, hear.) Those young men must take part in the work
of the farm. Farmers must put their hand to the plough,
and be able to say " come and do this." instead of " go and
do that." He had often heard that this was the diction
between the gentleman on a fans, end the real practical
farmer. (Hear.) He had then taken 10s. per acre as saved to
the form by the manual labours of the papsis. This would
be 1501. in addition to the 4501. he had already mentioned.
Mr. Wills offered some observations in advocacy of improved
agricultural education, and spoke of the inefficiency of
°Winery town education for young men intended for farmers.
As bearing on the particular questioa before the meeting,
and the probability of thepopmed model-school Ming well
frequented, be mentkmed that the number of farmers in
Cornwall was upwards of 7,800 ; the acreage being 851,200,
of which muck was waste. Mr. Wills added, that the
fanners is his neighbourhood (Launceston) bad taken up
this solkesis with great energy ; and he was satisfied that it
weld obtain equal support throughout the county.—The
amble chairman then put the first resolution, which was
serried unanimously. A Committee was then appointed for
the purpose of soliciting support &urn the different land-
owners of the county, and for ascertaining bow far the above
resslution can be carried out.