New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-24
Farm Schools.

Economy founded on Personal Observation" may
be safely classed among the useful productions
which seg-t sensation in their day, Leading good
and wise nea 10 contemplate the actual condiuoa
OF Society and reflect anxiousy on the best means
OF improving it.
This third and las; issued number Is not, except
in the las, chapter on Gudno, what will be com
monty termed practical threats norof the weight
or the diseases of domestic animals, or how the
one may BE- most easily augmented or the other
nos, certainly cured. 1t does not describe the
structure of newly invented machines, or designate
the best mode or iitiest season for planting and
pruning trees or sowing turnlps: but II does what
is much better, and what III the end Will prove
more profitable 10 lis readers, or II tells OF Schoos
where and how are planted in the teernlng soil OF
the rising generation the seeds Of rscm Snoeedge,
| and the principles OF the PRACTICAL sciences akin
TO Agriculture |; teaches that, II we would have
Labor efficient and profitable. must be taken
that the aborer ls educated and skiliui Then, and
then only. can implements be- brought to their
hghes, perfection and be used with the bes, effect,
and land be made 10 yield the heaviest crops OF
which il is capable But not to dig,ess farther, we
return 10 the Report-in whicft Is truly gratifying
10 note another evidence that, IN all hnsoandry
affairs. the spirit of investigation ls r'ie and the
mind marching on with much alertness and
success as in other fields Of inquiry
Accosnts are given ii this excellent Report, OF
the system OF domestic management ana course OF
study at a Agricultural Schools established at Gias-
nevln. Templemoyle, Brookfeld, Larne Ealing
and Cjrencester in England and these are followed
bv chapters, in which the author dweIs with ad-
| mirabe force and enthusiasm on the initueAce OF
knowledge upon Agricultural Improvement. The
great subject is presented IN various aspects and
with details, all OF which Of the deepest inter-
est. Ginning in, as this number does, witt, the
growing popular desire TO be made acquainted with
whatever may enlighten US as TO the establishment
| of similar schools in America And WHERE, let US
ask, is light on the art Of Agriculture, so much
needed, where can lis effects be so beneficial as
here, in our own country, where every plowman OF
Ordinary industry and intelligence may become
the ti!ler Of his own soil--the monarch Of all he
surveys "-and thus become stimulated TO improve
his property 10 the utmost under the most uniform
and powerful of all influences
The following extracts from this third Report
claim all the space we can we'll spare, and perhaps
quite as much as it is fair toward the publishers 10
take.
Our object, we need hardly add, is to convey to
our readers more exact Information :han is gene
rally possessed as to The plans and OF nstruc-
ton observed in these institutions established re-
Gently in Europe
TEMPLEMCYLE AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.
/ The farm consists OF one hundred and seventy
| two acres, and affords opportunities for expert
ments in draining, the effects OF various manures,
! and the common operations Of ploughlng and cul-
tlvatioa, and especially in the adaptation Of the
crops and the mode of culture, 10 the climate soil,
| and situation
The department for indoor instruction consists
of head and an assistant teacher; and the cour;e
OF Instruction embraces spelling, readlng grammar
| writing, arithmetic, geography, bOok-keeping as
applicable both 10 commercial and agricultural &C
| counts, geometry, algebra, trgonomery, with It's
| application To nights and distances and land. sur
veylng, together with the use OF the water-leye,
| the theodohle, and chain.
The agricultural department Is in'!usted 10 an cy
perenced and skIllful farmer, native OF Scotland,
who has under HIM an assistant, gardener, and
! pIouehman.
OF the pupils one half are al their studies in the
house. while the others are pursuing their agrcrl-
! tura instruction out OF doors This is the arrange
ment for the morning. In the afternoon. the ar
raAgements are such that those in school in the
| morning are at work in the field IN their Turn.
practice and the lessons received III the house, in
surveying and mapping, are applied in the field
| Oral instruction and lectures given their
| proper place and time.
The buildings afford the necr sary accoinmoda-
| lions of chool-reom, dining hall, and sleeping
apartments aud they furnish accommodations for
| seTenry-siX pupils So far as observed, there was
no provision wha;evertor luxury or Indulgence, and
the fittings up were OF the p!alnest description
On Sundays, the pupils are required 10 attend
their respective places OF worship, accompanied by
their Instructors or monitors; and II Is earnestly
! recommended 20 them TO eInploy the remainder of
| the day in reading the Word of God, and such
other devotional exercises their respective min
| lsters may point oat.
This is a very commendable heraiity, and ra-
ther remarkable IN county, speak OF England
| as well as IRELAND, where the first principles Of
| religious liberty are not universally understood,
and where men of all parties seem quite tcna-
clous of their religious differences OF their mo-
raj duties. While 10 reasonable effort should be
| spared, In places OF educauon 10 inst and main
tain in the youthful mind profound and habitua.
sense OF religious duty, nothing can be more un-
| warrantabe than TO take advantage OF the Influ-
ence which such places Afford TO enforce The pln-
| clples peculiar practices ol a 81 ct or party.
Ii may be Interesting 10 learn the general reguia-
! tons OF the school which the intelligent principal
| was kind enough TO give me IN printed form.
| l. As the great object Is 10 make The boys pr4c-
tlca farmers, one halt OF them Will be at all times
on the farm, where they Will be employed IN man
ua labor, and receive from thu head farmer such
Instructions reasons ana explanations, as will rem
der the mode OF proceeding, IN al! The various ope
ra'ions performed on the tarm. sufficiently lntel-
| glbe 10 them. Every pupils 10 be made plough
man. and taught, not only how 10 use but how TO
settle the poushirons Tor every soil and work, and
TO be instructed and made acquainted with The pur-
pose and practical managcme0; OF every other i'm
| pement generally used. And all are 10 be kept
closely to their work, either by tie head farmer or
his assistant, or, in their unavoidable absence, by
The monitor placed IN charge Of them.
,, Their attention is 10 be drawn 10 stock of all
kinds, and 10 he particular points which denote
them 10 be good, bad, indifferent, hardy, delicate,
good feeders, good mixers, &c.
! A! the proper season Of the year. the atten
| ton of the boys is TO BE- directed TO the making
ead repairing OF fences that they may know both
| how 10 make new one, and, what is of great ad-
vantage, how 10 repair and make permanen, these
Of many years standing
The head farmer will deliver evening lectures
70 the puTlls on the theory and practice OF Agricul-
,ure, explaining his reasons for adopting any crop
or any particular rotation of crops, as we'll as the
most suitable soil and the most approved modes OF
| culfivarino each fht. DrnDer Hnan,osment and