New-York daily tribune., 1859-08-05
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS ~ PRUSSIA.

The Prussian Agricultural establishments, as We
learn from intelligent correspondent OF The Country
Gentleman, are both public and private. There are
four pubic Agricultural Academies to insuuct yonng
farm frs who hsve some knowledge Of physical scen e,
ard their be airing agriculture. They ore provided
with laboratory, library, collections o! natural histo-
~ aid philosophy, and building for the practical pnr'
poses Of busbapdry Land s attached o them for eX-
permebts in mabures plants. &C., which are con-
Quoted with view 10 improve actual practice, as well
a. for the advance Of science.
The Oldest of these academies IL at Eldena in New
Citerior PomeraIis. Out Of lis go Prussan acres,
which are nearly equivalent, We believe, 20 our Own,
900 are devoted 10 cultivation as farm-34 are in
meadow, 40 in pasture, l9 in garden and hops, IN
ponds, II in an experimental field, or in nursery,
and The remain ng % acres are rented.
Susce cauro. be afforded tor ignres; but it must
,uice to be told that stock oil all sorts snd in large
rumb.rs il reared there IL abundance, and that
great quantities Of malt, bricks, tile are produced.
There i also great beer brewery and small dis
try merely for the instruction OF the pupils. There
is a Director who Is also teacher of economy and
tst-tcs ard instructors besice in agriculture, farm
Of a. en- cit AID book keeping; in chemistry, ply slcs
soil al technology; and the administrator OF the farm
bo il sYuc.s in this inp0rsn. brauch, necessary TO
The ,uccess Of all the others and also in the bree ling
of cattle ard sheep. Il comprises a.so teacher IN
bosby zoology, and physiology Of plants an assls.
tart in veterinary science, physology of sninals and
breeding OF horses; sro,her he cultivation and care
of woodland third in architecture; fourth IN ma
,beu,atcs and surveying; fifth in law. as connected
with agriculture. The number Of students last winter
was ffyioar. If.
Sucb is an imperfect sketch Of Of those public
s,a3,mes We have given few particulars as sug
re,trve ard shall no. pretend 20 go into details With
respect 10 the other three becsuse Is not our design
20 much to desc'Ibe these institutions as 10 let oar
community know tbst il is far behind the contracted
Territory OF Prussis in good many ,aiua1le tblpIs
and particularly IN the teaching and promotion oi the
sctnc and practice Of agriculture 10 say nofhing OF
almost every eleg ant and useful art excepting that OF
government.
TIE second of the academies occupies 100 acres OF
public douain called Pro-kan. IN. third j. stnsted
uesr BorD, ard is called Popplelodor. Ths farm
CO insists Of ore hundred and tseIty SIX acres iooacco
"a cultivated here and the technical professions are
10. carried on. Here is a botanical 8 arden VINE
ysId seventy Students and sN teachers, including the
director. Near CoLigsberg a fourth academy wts
operei wear ago called Walden. The DOMAIN con-
tsirs two thousand acres. Fifty stuients were H.
sirucied here iu the -e-sion Of last inter.
Beside these pnblc academies, are two prlv i'e
agricultural seadeuies receiving state support. Inen
cone the private agricultural schools, g thsy arc
called, vbich are nevertheless supp Irted AID cDn-
iroled by Government. Everythiog on rhe conIlnen1
mus, be- done for the governed by the Government
This makes all establishments there entirely different
rom thoee Of the United States. These schools are
eighteen in number, generally win SIX 10 eignreu
tucerts each, situated in various parts OF the KING
dom. -
One OF them is in Ssyony, where the peasants are
more wealthy. ard is Of 81 iLtermeda,e class bet Seen
tte academies and the schools. II has rom ~ 70 ~
Students and occupies 800 acres. Other ln.tl'unons
exis. bay ny scbuars devoted 10 some of the dvers
fed studies connected with agricultural industry atd
ole in particular where 700 acrss are empi'yeu iof
tepherds ON the whole, agriculture, IN all Its de-
parimep,s seems TO be iD'egenil7 taught, and most
Vigorously encouraged in the dominiops Of Prssls, AZ
the presert time, keeping psce even with tle euVa-