Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-10-27

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the forest, lst us glance al what is included
in the agricultural course, and the sciences
i'll aid OF agriculture.
Firsi--climate. Sccond--soil. Third
manures. Fulrth---tools and implements
Of iillage. FiIth-or clearing up Of ground.
Sixlh--of meadows and pastures. Sew
enth--of agriculture in general. This is
divided into poughing and other tillage,
seed plots, (of grain and root culture
threshng and preservation Of grain. Eighth
of special agriculture. All cultivated
plants are treated of particularly. One
course of studies is viticulure, embracing
the culture of the vine, and wine making.
Another, the culture Of fruit trees. Anoth-
err the rearing of catlle-thc various races,
their crossing, and the treatment Of their
Young. Another, the rearing of the horse
his natural history, the different methods
of raising, the choice Of animals for repro
duc,ion. -.
The treatment OF mares and colts, another
rural industry in winter,--the manufacture
Of beet sugar, of liquid manures, &c.. in
summer, the manufacture of vinegar, cider,
lime and draining tiles, and the last course
in agriculture embraces the whole field Of
rural economy: as valuation Of real estate,
general circumstances of the country, Of
farms in general, and the different parts Of
. the same farm, of the home means of main
tanning IFS fertility, of systems Of culture, Of
labor and the internal organization Of a
farm, of the relation between the number
f of beasts and the land worked, of the capt.
, al of the farmer, of the different modes OF
E working farm, and the last but not least,
+ agricultural book keeping.
A glance only at the sciences auxiliary to
4 observation-disclosures arithmetic, algebra,
: trigonometry.
The science Of measuring solids, APP
piled geometry, mathematics applied to the
!, culture of trees and the entire forests and
: their valuation; physics, mechanics, chem
istry. vegetable botany and physiology, spe-
cial and rural botany, zoology, veterinary
I medicine; The natural history Of domestic
$ animals, their anatomy, animal physiology;
. the care TO be taken of animals, the treat
ment and medicine for slight diseases, the
: description Of diseases, pathology and the
rapeutics; veterinary surgery, the internal
{ diseases Of animals and murrans; rural
2 constructions, preparing plans and drawing
, of machines.
. To illustrate these courses of instruction
. the means are ample. Among them, the
t operations on a large farm, annexed TO the
= Institute, q forest of five thousand acres, a
: botanic garden, a library, geological and
s meteorological collection. a collection Of
, woods, seeds and resins from the forest, a
= collection in comparative anatomy, and a
h collection Of specimens of wool; specimens
o of agricultural products; models of instru-
e ments of tillage, models for ply steal sci
: ence, and collections for chemistry and the
: labratory.
= should weary you by any further de-
: tail of the system Of instruction established
4 at the most celebrated oil the Agricultural
s colleges Of Europe. They form an interest
), ing study for the statesman and the man Of
. science, when he comes 10 the model which
! shall be adopted in our own country.
: The question has been vexed in Europe,
as 10 the manner Of teaching the youth who
: devotes himself TO the business oil husband
!, ry. In Prussia. and in many parts OF Ger
: many, they begin with the practice and end
), with the theory. The student is made ia
: miliar with all the manpulations Of hus-
= bandry. before he masters the science which
$ directs them. Perhaps You will pardon me
= if / bring before you nearer view Of the
= working results of these institutions.
t AT Breslau, in Prussian Silecia, in Sep
f TENDER. 1915, meeting Of German agri.
c cultnr SITS was held numbering about one
: thousand members. Several soverelgns
Z were present by deputies-the agricultural
: societies were represented by their ablest
: members, and the most distinguished scien-
t iific Professors of Agricultural Institutions
S formed constituent part of the assembly.
, After speech from the President of the
body on the condition of agriculture in Sile-
e STA. the organization of six committees ia
. report upon six subjects 10 wit: !, Agri-
n culture proper. 2, Kissing stock. 8. Gull
: ture of the forest. 4, Technical branches
: 5, Fruit and Vine culture. 6, Wool grow
: ing.
The examination of sixteen students came
n various agricultural institutions Of Prussia
: and Germany. These young gentlemen
!, were seeking to become qualified TO conduct
!, the operations on Barronial estates. The
e eldest was twenty-three, and the youngest
n sixteen years Of age.
d After answering various questions in
: writing, connected with their studies, they
It were taken to an estate called Rosendale, in
= Breslau. In the yard the pupils were
: shown wagon, marked in thirty-six part,
S "a plow in thirty-fve parts-a hacken "a
$ sort of cultivator) in five parts--a harrow
}, i'll six parts--making altogether, eighty-twc
d separate parts. Each pupil had to put
$ down on paper the name OF each part, 10
Q show whether he was acquainted with all
= the parts of the different implements, and
/. in case Of breakage, TO mention the mos,
:. efficient mode and means of repairing.
} A sheep was then brought forward, and
/. they were required TO put down on paper
Il the answers to the following questions: LIST
y Is this sheep healthy, and why? I'd, How
i old is this sheep? Sd, What is his age
!, in shepherd language? Each pupil was
d next required to catch sheep himself and
J. examine it, and whether it was diseased
81 and the signs OF the disease. They were
d also to point ont upon sheep the places