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

sufficient to paw the expense ct ihr aipltCatiVn
Whether the effects OF the application Will la, La.
more than year, remains to be ueteIHllneu' ihe
second crop showed no beneIt
FIfty-two different varieties OF wheai nave oee'i
experiment-d upon by the pupils, besides several
varieties OF barley and oats. Specimens oi 'he va
rou= products, prepared IN form 10 De Pa''diY
compared with each oIheT. We're exhibited al 'te
annual examination These are ceHalsIy most
useful lessons for the pupils The PFaci!ce ol mo
rough draining and subsolllng has been ial!y 'eS'eG
upon the farm and II Is stated ihat, on lle 'fnu I
thus treated, the crops have been ausHle '..,
oar third, besides the increased itclt4'f sneH -
the cultivation of the land and the harvesting oi
the crops. =.
The irugal,y and excellent economy manifest IN 10
I'll inc arrsngenents al Temolemoyie. are much
10 be commended They discourage lae duiAls
sion 10 the school OF lads from England, especially
because the diet has not been USUALLY iouil 1s M s
| adanted 70 English as 20 l!lsh habits In my
oo,nion II is much 20 the credit OF lhe irlsh 10 be
satisfied and contented with Hleegre diet o
Iarg- norrion Of the Irish peasantry, It must be a
narsdse TO get even a sutilclency OF food 10 keep
! their waistbands from a most melancholy col
This institution has already done much good =
In lS43. about sixteen years after lis commence
ment. il was asceraned that most o. the young
| men VINO had received lts benefits were settled IN
respectable and useful eondi,ers OF life But, ac.
cortIng to the present course OF studies the food
for the mind is almost a. simple and restricted as
that for the body. The studies pursued should be
greatly extended and as the principal expenses
are already incurred, and the fixtures, both tor the
school and the farm, are 10 Il great degree COM
peie, the additional cost OF providing instruction,
more especially IN various branches ct aatuTa!
science, would not be large.
THE SCHOOL AT LARSE-Of This school ne says
what surely il would no, be very difficult TO have
said, after few years preparation, OF cur COM
mon schools:
LAME ScHoor. My next excursion was 10 The
| Agricultural School al Lame, where had The
pleasure of witnessing the examination OF Class
of bows in agricultural chemistry and 4 practical
agriculture. THIS Is not, properly speaking, an as
rcultural school, but national school, where me
common branches OF education are taught and
there is connected with 1t department or class OF
agricultural study and small piece OF land, which
the boys cultivate and on which, IN The way OF
experiment, the principles oi agriculture, and lis
general practice are, within very limited extent,
| illustrated and tested. The examination was emf
nently successful and creditabe alike 10 The teach
er and the pupils II was from this establishment
that detachment OF five pupils was sent tor exam
naton TO the great etlng OF the Agricultural CO.
cieiy of Scotland the last autumn, where their al,
tainrnenrs created great sensation, and produced
an impres ion, on the subject OF the importance oil
agricultural education, which Is likely TO lead 10
the adoption of some universal system on The SUD-
ject.
shall transcribe the account given OF the occa-
| sion: :" Five boys from the school al Larue were
| introduced 10 the meeting, headed by their teacher
| They seemed to belong 10 the better Class OF pea
santry, being clad IN homely sarbs; and they ap-
pealed TO be from twelve 10 fifteen years OF age
They were examined, in the frs, instance, by the
| inspector of schools. IN grammar, geography, and
arithmetic; aad scarcely single question did they
| fail 10 answer correctly. They were then exam
ned by an agricultural professor IN the scientific
branches, and by two practical farmers IN the prac
ucal departments OF agriculture Their acqualn
ance wth these was alike delightful and as,onlsh-
ing They detailed the chemical constitution OF
the soil and the effect of manures thr land best
fitted for green crops, the different kinds OF Srdn
the dairy, and the system OF rotation ol crops
| MANY OF these answers required considerable ex-
erclse of reflection; and previous concert be-
tween themselves and the gentlemen who exam
| med them was out OF the question, their acquire
ments seemed 10 take the meeting by surprise al
the same time they afforded il the utmost sausiac
lion, as evlnclng how much could be done by
proper system OF training.
We must now content ourselves with giving
what was said of the plan as lar as II was then
matured, of the great Agricultural School about 10
go into operation AT Clrencester, England
AGRlcuLTuRE COLLEGE AT CIRENcEsTER.-In
England, II is now propoced 10 establish semlna
nv exclusively agricultural lis character. The
lion laid Tor AN agricultural college. consldera
biz sum of money has been taken, and the accom-
modations for about Two hundred pupils are IN
course of preparation. 1t has been felt serious
want that, while every other PROFESSIONALISM.
| physic and divinlly-has lis exclusive means ana
institutions for education, and the army and the
navy have their schools, s,-agrlculture, the most
important and extensive OF all the arts. and with
out which it would be difficult 10 say where would
be the slnews Of war or the means OF commerce,
or what use there would be either tor law, physc
or theology should have no place for the teaching
of those arts aud sciences, and Tor the making OF
those experiments, on which It's success so mainly
depends The plans are not fully malured, nor the
course OF instruction prescribed; but the scienllfc
qualifications OF some, and The practical character
of others of the gentlemen concerned IN lis estab
llshment, and standing lis SPONSORS warrant the
best efforts for lis success The farm taken at
moderate rent, through the berality OF lis noble
proprietor and II is hoped that, aided by the re-
sources OF the farm, the expense OF Il pupil Tor
| boarding and tuition may not exceed twenty-five
or thirty pounds year-that Is, one hundred and
! twenty-five or one hundred and fifty dollars -
| Twenty thousand pounds, or one hundred thousand
dollars were deemed III" necessary capital with
which 10 begin the establishment; and. 10 the
great honor of England, tl.c!r are few objects OF
determined public utility. tor which, from !ls
abundant resources and public s.a., ample funds
NAV not be obtained This is a sort OF joint stock
company, in shares OF twenty-five, or thirty pounds
each in winch the subscrlberswl have. as Is right,
the preference in recommending pupils 10 the toun
| datlon.
SCIENCES TO BE TAUGHT The Agricultural Col
ege al Cirencester proposes specific education IN
agriculture and the cultivation Of those sciences
which bear directly spon II. Botany. not as a
mere catalogue of names and classes OF vegetable
productions. but as embracing The whole subject of
vegetable physiology and the artificial improvement
OF plants must OF course be highly useful 10 farm
er The cultivation OF fruit aud forest trees Is ne
cessary included in il The science OF mechanics,
so useful IN the construction and improvement Of
agricultural implements, must be Of constant ana
valuable application IN Tie management OF farm
In our next, or as soon as convenient, we may
venture 10 give Air. Colman's Plan for an Asrics-
tura Institution for the United States In the mean
time, we commend The work 10 all who would like
10 see what is goins on in Great Britain, on a
topic TO which attention is being so widely awak-
ened everywhere.
In projecting another Agricultural periodical, as
already announced, 10 be called and TO constitute,
as we hope valuable portion of every "FARMEK's
LIBRARY, TO be conducted by Mr. J s SKINNER