New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-11
~ y. STATE AGRIcUL TURAL COLLEGE
LYING OF THE CORNERSTONE
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s,.,,-snd, in fact n orr wtoe country. In ac'no-
.Iy,po. e1ireulsly fer lie, bet row much redoeed -
on in Sh, h the pulaton i rapidly becorrs more
dense, En!.e TIE av.rage prodgc.ivebess dec'e'se'
With rapid progress, and IN s,ica the prisc''ss 81
seierc, ar= bnt ,,ie applied % flaming, ne i'inoa
ton Of ff'.cnss Aer cultural College "a FL event ~
amos aBsplcous Ifsfy ore doao's 'he ne''"
,;iy for srr Al es bimtbnk momeat u ee
devastating ravoges Of he s5est SesVI ana he''!"H
ev which rob the fsYners o. this state alone "i u y
vo,. ,bsp G. million collars per aIra l. Of tae t'pu-
80 rfon tbogsan's Of acres that beir half II
tou,th a. the crops tha, hey should End would bear
Whey were Dry drained Of the p)tsto disesse. ,hf
resd.rs that cnltivsuOa - pree.nous OF the snsl
bu,oen Of bay TIA, is produced by poor farming "a
imeovs,iihed soils Of the curc1o, t'at has utterly
dtstr SD TIE plum, Ind Of the Insects TIA, sttsak
orr other va.u,te fut trees, Of The mtig nan, as
eases tbBt dettsDy g. est stock, snj the uef de-
p4rrenre If s,te, upon the cnsJ!atsni-m u
ir1, rant hore duct0ry ard OF the cessee's drin OF
ODr u,os erferPrzng a.h mt ibgsht IafmeiS - "a
uebbds at the Wet. In fsc there is no % 'Oih'y
of dsp yiug the aims II the friends 81 agricultural
education "a The ssriIn tn1t 10. ohg larmfTS Out
al clas-es Of zens ere Immediately interested 10 ths
laypg of cJruer store that ! now record. Oae
voulG hit that farmers who we're sabsfln5 from lh'
ppmfrOns losses have above detailed, "Oulh nave
el,noYcusly en- ,nded the intuition o. inns agfnnl-
tu,ni college Ion ago and w0ud have cheen1y suD-
scr5ed ten times e. much money az would nave Pscsi
or cure foundation for usefulness, or VI 81 n s-
laiure in great part composed Of farmers, WOMB nave
grated he sum- even Without solicitation Nhst are
The facial In 1872 me a'e John De.lhed OF Seneca
County ard an eaIntst blend 81 alncultniai tluca
fop undeItO' Tie labor % arr u-li puphc b I7s III
n, matter end procuring subscnptous 10 al OF
uy,i.c cd college 10 IL Ia mafe 20 ne proge p Dut
soN-ihe Leghla'CTe vas apple 10 for charter, but
Arguments AID enlTesss acre q DO avail un'- sec
oLI sessitn, WI en- the charter was oDtarfl--i5
tey, a v.i De
lent address of Gov King, which @c give Oel ~.
Here ne find that after five years OF appsas 20 mo
fsrwers Of the Siae, the beggaiy iilJ7'ce " o.y
thonssnd dollars ha- been sub--ribeG By Anle VIZ
l OF ihous nd Inhabitants in the western part Of
IN. sia.e and the largest tOsns nave stoOd oy ami
LEI The prize sip thr ugh their 1ngei. let us nope
tha, with to-day a new era viii BE- nGuguraed, All
that the bard II young farmers that VIII annually
GRADUATE from III, new college viii instili sp'rit OF
progr.ss into agriculture tha, viii make az worthy
Ofttc name Of Empire state, which we no" "eai'
To make The college a complete success, Immediate
seps sbOud be taken TO raise q iuud sufficient 10
place & 10 indepcn ent position The present plan
II TO cba'ge The boys about - per week iYr every
thing but think the real Que - TO procure grant
f,onl the Leg stature, enough 70 make The college
free IL .tiuiiOn and Jet the appointments be made By
D. aOIisl districts, are those for West Point II
the state were 10 give 100000 10 be invested 10 part,
and i'm mart expended IN permanent improvements on
the land the college would at once be prepared 70
enter upon "A Of great usefulness, aud the invest
mebt would b. one Of The best that could po.sDy De
psltrv eufn could be obtained for important all
enterpriss VIII farmers and merchants pay more to
found obsery fof the study Of distant Il ara, and
furlh them with esirono lcal instruments 81 exceed
inc ocst than 10 establish practical college for
study Of gOoc fernin< ard place 1t above contingent
cef Are the OF Saturn Of more Importance to
us than The wheat WeevI and cufcuho, the neDul@
that float IN the extreme depths OF space than tho
rough system of tile draining and our improved farm
nplemeDts Shall We suffer Agrcul.ur,l College,
zoe OF toe brightest jew IN the coronet 81 the Empire
STATE TO lauguish, ADD jup1sn but mcagtr results,
when few thousand dollars would pa. i IN right con-
dition
/ thLk any practical man will say, after & careful
examination Of the fam that has been purchased for
Tie College, that one more sul'able, III every re-
sptct for mental purposes could be found IN the
State. Although the soil Is mainly heavy clay, yet
there are portions Of eravely loan muck, and LIGHT
Lam suitable for wide range Of experiments with
various crops IL viii be understood that, the stu
dents at the College will come from different sections
of country from tarns of every variety Of SOIL their
pstNctOn should have direct reference TO the manage
me nj of each. The management Of heavy clays IS OF
coure dian Critically opposite TO that OF hight lands and
Itbe soil Of the College farm were all OF either KIND,
the farmer of the other would have prohted nothing
nv his studies Beside this variety of soil, the farm
has many good features. For instance there is az in
sxhaustibe garry Of fine limestone, suitable not only
70, building purposes, but for burning for msnure ana
fr walls es ell. There bed of clay remarkably well
suited for tile and brick making. There Is Just the
right lopO tOn Of sand in the clay TO make capital dram
tile ard brickshe later are a. hard almost "a stone
and cd Mr. Johnston Of Geneva, the father OF Amen-
can tile-dTa ming tod me he believed would make bet
ter tile than any clay be had seen. Through the center
Of the farm there a never failing stream OF spung
water fur dsance OF three miles which mas tall oi
seventy feet-enougb 10 send water 20 the highest story
in the College building, AID 70 nrgaie many hundred
acres OF land in thorough mani or. The water power
is sufficient for all farm purpose and Is already used
t. run a saw ui anda grst mill. a the former n logs
have been cut ny INTO plaIks and bosris, ard az the
lsier TOO bushels of grain were ground last year Tor
the fam and for neighbOr-. tUO-bus5el hme-Alin
has b. en- built IN subsiattis manner and has furnish
ed as uch burLt lime as has been eeded for the
TAR ara 10 sppy 70 the land and which has capacity
OF 10 Geo bushels month. At the brI yard they
have ade 800 600 per month fT some time past, and
there all the BRICK needed for the College building aad
the tile to drain the land viii be made.
The building il situated on the highest portion o. The
farm a commanding euineuCe JS3 feet above tue lake
from VII ch the land slopes gradually IN every duec-
ton, and from the plateau in front view OF twenty
miles of beautiful country ard water prospect OF
twenty miles M and down Seneca Lake can BE- had.
FIELDS of yellow waving gl0iD, rch green pastures,
striped c0rnholds and thick masses Of forest the
land side, and looking westward the bright sheen of
the Seneca Lake, and range OF blue halls against the
horizon, are n iull view. When tho cupoa OF the
building is completed the eye vii take IN a sweep of
ten counties and two skes sud i0r pastoral beauties
finer landscape can scarcely be imagined. About the
bdng park Of abOGt tiiy scIeS = to be made, with
plantations Of rare evergreen and decIduous utes,
shrubs. grass pa;s gr6Yetd avenues aud fountains.
The porCr al The hulClg Of which the cornerstone
was laid TODAY s the southern lateral and transverse
wiBgs to be al once completed ANA occupied by LOO
scholars and the main building AID other wings TO he
erected a. soon rs sufficient money shaI DC acconu-
lated from future donations The lateral wirg u TAX
S5l feet to be three stories above the basement, tho
transverse l2SX,S four stones above tie basement
The whole 20 be covered with s.a.e roo aud 10 cos
$500.
IN ueafufe stf.s. " Nnc : acres