New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-15

sdvise the Society to the eypedisncy of csuying
them out Seconded ard carried.
The subject of the day, Agricultural Educston,
beng Low in order,
TIE Hon, d. p. Holloway of Iudsna offered reso-
luton, indorsng the Lsnd bl of the Hon. D. :. Nor
nil, and directing the President and secretary Oh
the Society to present properly signed copies oi tne
vote to the Hon. j. II. Breckenridge auf MI SPeaksr
Orr with respectful REQ 1est at they slouf lay the
after before the two departments OF Congress over
which they respectively pr side
E1-Prosoept Wilder of Mas, noticing the presence
Of Professor Eras. g. Cary OF Ohio, moved that he
be requested to give his views upon the mi ortahs
subject of sgricultural education. He stated that
Prof. Cary had instructed more than two thousaod
pupils in agriculture at his College near CIncinn ,t
ard by hs psI,ons exeriions had raised large sums OF
money 20 aid the great cause.
Prof. Cary having been ynmously called upon to
address the meeting delivered so eloquent ana prec-
teal speech. He showed conc usyely that the Anglo
Saxon system Of rspacty in the management OF farms
continually tending to exhaustion OF our soil
The falling off in average yield per acre, which cou-
menced the borders of the Atlantic, spreading from
New England down to Florida, creeping nsidious'
" toward the West. Ii had been unmstskably shown
in Ohiv snd if mady pursued our present depie-
tive tiage, the fertile praires of the West wou!i
ultimately rank with the poor soils OF tae carrier
settled East. We straning every energy IN the
production Of sbor-ssving t. OILS, which enabled US To
hasten the end much more rapidly, as the imple-
mel were perfect This des should be well pondered.
To avert the impending calamity there was one and
only one resource To apply the teachings of Science
to cur regular farm management, We must not only
ral in Chemistry, bnt Nstural Philosophy Physiology
Botsny, and all the kindred branches. To do this,
we must have Schools and Colleges of Agriculture.
and that speedily.
The thanks of the Society were voted TO Prof Cary
ard copy of his address requested for publication
A long argument eusued upon the Morrill, bull, In
which Mr. Olcott Of New-York took occasion to sug-
eest that more time sh oud be given ~ the several
States to found their colleges than provided for IN
that measure. He feared that il il was attempted to
erect the thirty institutions and fill their chairs with
professors, within five years it would be found that
large proportion Of incompetent men would necessarily
be admitted and not only money wasted in fruit!ess
experiment and Encouragement, but cheek given to
the progress Of agricultural education. His views
were combatted by Messrs. Calvert of Maryland
Clemers of the District Of Columbia, and Brown OF
New-l ork when, on motion Of Mr.. Army of Kansas it
was made the order of the day for tomorrow at noon
IA communication was presented from the Kew.
FraLcis Capen of Massachusetts, in which he an
ncunctd his discovery Of the principles which control
the winds and weather AID the meteorological system
Of the globe. This referred to Committee for
Investigations and the Society then adjourned to meet
in the evening to hear lecture from Mr.. Clemson on
NRrogen.