Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-27
,Ft41E Fot lie lnttl1sebter,
weston va. Agricultural sehool...No. q
BE4ltrlilat, BtO0ss Co, ya.}
june %, 1865.

10 the btahehssof study alFeauy meu'lohs't ""'V"
s,a mote Of less Intimately connected with the
,ti.het Of agriculture, there ate certain othelsuO'
ieds, hot thus oaaeeted, whichate, nevertheless,
Of pess yaipe 10 liz fSimet, aud which ought, III
myiadsment, 10 fosm part Of the course Of stu
~ In I'D Agricultural School. Of these ! VIII
mention,
o, Book .KEEplSo.--No business, as Il Is uiIyeF'
sally admitted, can be safely and properly con-
Quoted unless stie aud regular account Of 1t Is
Kent, The banker tic manufactured tho NET:
Chant, lle artisan, lie professional man, The TIA
der, Tie carter, alike tealise lie netesIlYo Keep
ioe exact aeeOahtsof lleit business 50 that they
can At any time, ascertain liz poGIs, and II; pto'
Ytess and detennlle as 10 lis node Of management
Of its continuance. Ilisia the business Of osfl'
culture alone hal there Is a geUstal neglect Of
Ills imponaat tue, and The sane trttsaIa'l'H
confusion aud want Of system which characterize
the coutse VI atmlps Quotations., ate found ~ eS'
tend 10 llle lamets accounl.6ook, while there aFe
mltNaIss Wlo keep no account OF all, but, ID
theft dealings ttOst 10 the day'DooS and ledger oil
The netelant ndmeclantc IL secute his inte'eSs'
and 10 memory Tot their own. The consequence
Is, that mos! fattdets have yotY S'sae aud eff0'
,eoas notion Of The actual state Of telt business,
and being isppraut Of the exact amounts detIyed
from theit fatms, when The necessary expenses
in,ereats, 60 ate deducted, not unffeqaently IN
yoys themselves In debt, and ale Induced 10
Oyetwofk aud finally 10 sacrifice tlei' estates
THE stealobIeClo t the ustculIurst Is, Of course,
10 make his business Profitable. lti' In order 10
secure ibis object that we urge the claims Of as'
riculturaI science, which furnishes The only ee''
tain means Ny which farm may be tendeted feS'
ulatIy productive, without dlminOIlOn' but, on
tle contraty, with an increase Of the capital In
vested III land, stock, &c., Arising ftom change
Of value. Whatever may beide tie business OF
lie fatmet al random, who keeps no teGulaF &C.
counts, certain II s. that an exact system Of books
is indlsponsably necessary IN scientific as'tcul'
tutc, BY which alone lis advantages can uIII'
mately be tested, llisbete thut largo eSpendt'
tutts are often made with The prospect Of ample
pto6ts, to appear In lie balance sheet as an III
creased copitoI vested In tie soil II Is hete
that settles OF experiments Oflen require 10 10
conducted, whose ptogtess, cost and profit II Is
most important 10 exhibit II Is lIete III short,
whete considerable time must oIlet egapSe Oe'
tween The outlay and The tetutnj where interests
ate 10 10 carefully computed, and daily expenses
oGatsed, White difficult questions Of values arc 10
be determined, and loses accurately reslsieted,
thata complete set Of books regularly kept, Is al
together Indispensable, whether tlie agdcu|lutlss
be enstSel III the cultivation OF his own land, OF
" employed III experimenting the estates Of on
ol6et. would Therefore make the study OF amp
moved sysIem OF bookkeeping an important pati
Of tiIe c0utse, and the student should 10 ptactt'
caIty dtel in the method u enIetinEal those
details which ATE peculiar 10 tho business Of agtt'
culture.
la addition 10 The above, Il would be extremely
setylceaIle 10 lie fatmet 10 have II cetain dssEee
Of mathematical knowledge. II, Therefore, II would
moi 10 convenient OF practicable for the student
10 take full course Of mathematics, lO ought al
least 10 have pushed II as fat as 'are'y'ag' II
often IIappens That he has roads 10 locate upon the
farm, fields to neasute aud ateaS 10 computes
cubcal contents aud capacities 10 estimate, &co
which II will often Prove Of immense Importance
10 him 10 10 aJIe 10 DO with readiness aud occufa'
cy. And besides these Ordinary applications ol
mathematical skill, lis value IN Tie scienees itect.
Dytoatlected with agriculture, listendstey TO In
Move The poSet Of lie mind itself and 10 teidtt
anindsliuaI useful ID Tie community around him,
are mol 10 10 overlooked The conneSlon Of the
agricultural school with the College at BETHANY
would furnish lie student with tile opportunity VI
putting this study, without any INCREASED expense
IN establishing Tie Institution. This coaneS'on,
indeed, would Afford Ia tile Agricultural student
whatever facilities Of improvement, literary asso'
eiatIoN, social OF personal influences 10 might de-
site.
might dwell at much gtcnteI length, upon
many ot ttsP points and particular studies which !
hate now briefly enumerated as important IN n
coutse Of agricultural instructions might speak
Of animal physiology and Of The diseases and
MANAGEMENT Of lie yaliols animals Of the fam,
most extensive and valuable study which might
apptomiatety 10 introduced In COnneSion with
zoology. Tile apiaryj tho OtchatlI the esrdeui
the pahstFe, might also, each in lis proper place,
receive some attention, TOT, though not aecssSdrig
connected with The fatm, OF The proper business Of
farming, tlsy are intimately associated with tho
pleasures OF The rural HE, and with The comfort
and happiness Of the iatmet and bis famllyt while
The ptineiple involved III their Arrangement ate
included amOAgst llose Of agriculture. But, !
presume Ills unnecessary to'enlstSe upon these or
othe, collateral topics which will readily suggest
themselves 10 every inteiItgsatnpl, my principal
object In these communications, being 10 Arouse
II possible lie agricultural community to sense
Of The value Of agricultural education, and 10
slow that iaialns Is moi that simple aud isnotant
occupation which many suppose, and that lie fat.
met has by flttat Of Ills calling, no inherent nQf
ACQUITTED nght either 10 DO biockhead OF 10 dis.
hsate and inpoyetsh, ~ his stupidity, any pot.
lion Of lie surface Of Goi's earth, which may,
indeed, be Ills patnmOny, but is moi The less that
Of tie Stale and Of mankind. ltl4in this enIatg.
edYItw Which ish tcason must eyet take Of lie
espeajlon and position OF the farmer, that ought
FttLIhS 10 have mentioned The subject Of RoLlrl'
CAL tcoSoAr as most useful Study In an ustcOl'
tutaltclool, seelne that II would giy6 10 the FAT.
met knowledge Of Thu relations Of his business
totolumttee, 10 manufactures, aud lie wealth u