New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-24

Of progress Hence we see the old Massachusetts
Agricultural Society. always distinguished ior
broad and enlightened views. slspenfing their an
nusl shows and applying their funds to measures
for the procurement and diffusion Of veterinary
knowledge and other modes FOR improving the hus-
bandry Of that noble state and their for
doing stand undisputed.
Far. after all. from disputng the benefit Of these
exhibitions they cannot be TOO much encouraged
when held "a connection ruth ne study y ne pms
cipes that lead . excel nce and when they make
IL apparent that the thing rewarded IS not merely.
az least &c good rs the best OF rs KIND IN times
past bat that Il indicates impr0ref and importing
knO-ledg OF the art and that Il has been produced
By the use Of economical means which u Is the IN
terest Of the mass Of practical husbandmen % IN
de-stsnd and 10 employ. Bat qalte different viii
be the effect Of these exhibitions should they de-
generate into mere holiday gatherings, ike militia
musteriDgs. where men 20 70 see and to swell the
crowd and b. get psltry money premiums Tor lat,
pampered animals and heavy crops, either without
fall explanation Of all the means employed b pro-
duce them or when these means being honestly
exposed prove 70 be unxarantsbly expensive. In
the the plain inquIrng farmer retires from
view Of them no wiser than he came or IN the
other Disguised to see public patronage thrown
away upon costly things and results that not the
premium itself can remunernte, and that il would
be worse than idle for him 20 aim at
On this point Governor Wright with depth
and ClehrlEss OF LlDu-ui tlAs AIhhAtNAl>Ni Ate
powerful mind, was prepared 70 say
An are willing t. promote the cause OF Agriculture
in State and country. Most are ready to lend Az
sctvs cooperation and all are cheerful 10 see accom-
pished any vauate improvement 10 this great branch
of productive Industry. The difficulty hitherto has
been ia adopting general plan 20 eject this desirable
object Hence most usually. when the public mind has
been awakened 10 the subject Arbitrary and, IN many
cases visionary EXPERIMENT. have been introduced.
bused upon philosophical lnvesrg tiion OF csuse and
eject but upon accidental trial by single indi-
vidusl. Of some novel mode OF culture, which under
the crcumstances attending the experiment without an
inquiry into or knowledge Of the cause wnicn 10 the
given case hs, secured the successful result II Al once
recommended infallable rule of husbsndry. The
publication and dissemination OF detached experiments
OF this kind for long period. constituted the most ma
tersl addition, 10 the stock OF literary Information con-
neced with Agriculture supplied to our farmers while
many Of the experiments were too intricate aud coinp
Gated be reduced 10 practice with any certainty of
accuracy and others expensive that the most
perfect would not warrant the outlay. unsuc-
cessu attempts follow the directions given for making
these experiments, brought Whist came TO be denom-
mated book farming into great disrepuie with the In
dusrious frugal and successful farmers Of the country
and excited jealousy Of and prejudice against this
description of Information upon Agricultural subjects
which has cost years OF patient snd uncessng effort
ia any TO slay snd which are not yet removed
For ourselves, with such poor right to express An
opinion thirty years OF close and anxious obser
walton may confer we feel persuaded that IN the
present state of the Agricultural public mind,
charged as IL is 10 the muzzle with the weight TO
10 which hogs aud bullocks may be iattened' and
the number Of bushels that OTIS OF land may be ma
nured to produce, yet becoming every day more
thirsty for information as 10 the prtHcPes Of this
great art and manufacture. our belief we say, ~,
that the liberaty of the State so well meant IN It's
patronage 10 the State and County Societies, ~
ne can't hare both, mind ye. would be far more 9th
clent toward increasing the agricultural capaoii
ties and products OF New York If ii were applied
TO the enlargement and application Of the exist
ing or the creation of n new Normal School at Al
bany or elsewhere. by literal provision for Proics
sOrs O The highest GftaiHmeHfs, ITO be had AZ home
or abroad in Natural History, and in all the Sci
ences and the Literature that can be made 70 ruc-
tify and ornament the profession OF Agriculture
and IN appendiEg 10 such school an ample well
provided experimental Farm In It's immediate
vicinity for theory and practise should go hand IN
hand.
Such enlargement and application on the basis
of the existing educational institutions OF the State.
would teach something more than merely TO read
and write which is % give 10 the rising generation
not know ledge Itself, butt mere tools with which
il is 10 be acquired. In a few years as no" Ia
Scotland we might witness classes OF young boys
in the country going credtably through severe
catechisms 10 agricultural science Forever honor.
ed be the memory Of Governor Wright for his
powerful testimony in favor of the vast advantages
Of apprODridfe and express agricultural education,
for IL is in own schools alter all that we must
SOW the seeds OF all hopeful, sure ana permanent
improvement. Let the theories inculcated in the
Normal School be exempliied and justified by ex'
periments il the laboratory and the hed-instruc-
tors there and thus prepared may go forth 20 pro.
claim the results not only in our academies and
schools but throughout the country and the sons OF
farmers be at last trained like the lawyer and the
doctor the sailor and the soldier to embark in their
profession with some kHoriedge Of ~ p'1nc'Pies-
WHY should not every State in the Union demand
their share of the proceeds Of the public lands for
the establishment Of such schools ? Ed. Farm. Lb.