The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-01-31
low I FARMI RS COLLEGE.
From the Musca,.ne Jourual.I

from tue Muacatne journal!
The B,a,d Of Trustees met at the Col
le9e Farm uu the 9th Of Jsuuarv, for
the a"nual meeting, wh,ch the law
directs them To hold
We had a toerabo full neeting, con-
slder'ng the lncicmcncy Of the weather
nine out of the eleven Trustees appear
ing, and the Governor Two of the 1rus-
tees resigned namely, J' dge Sherwin,
of Cherokee county We reelrc ed Mr.
Whitney, of Carroll county, in his place;
also, Mr. Day, of Story county, resigned.
and We elected Mr. W. j. Graham, of
Story county, in his place.
We found that our agent, Mr. Gaines.
of jefferson county, had made c"n.rdera.
ble improvements, considering the lllult
ed means in his hands He had eucos
ed l20 acres, making $50 rods Of fence,
at Gust of little less than - per rod
broke 20 acres last Year, and put in
crops on part aud rented out a part. He
pnt up good barn. 42xOD feet, with "A
dry under ground stable, cover, 1 with
oak boards aud battcucd with pine, and
painted an iron rust or dark brown cu'or
-c"st SlG>j. The kitchen, waShrooln.
ilk-roon, two pantr,es, cellar walled up.
aud woudh"use are all in one bull lug,
24x46, of brick cost, 1888. II, after fin
ishrd. 1t is not vet finished The trout
part of this house is to be two stores. 80
x42 feet, OF brick We have nearly brick
enough on hand to build this house the
cellar wall for the front part is nearly
flushed; and the subscriptions Of the
people Of Story and Booue counties, will
be coming due next July, therefor, the
Executive Committee were instructed to
20 next sumr.cr and p,t up the balance
of the farm house. We have about S.,
600 yet uncolIected, small portion of
winch. OF course, is not good. The
Board are instructed to uFe only sub
scrlp''on notes to put up this house, and
to make other necessary impruv vcnIcnts
The lar ds dnuatcd, 800 acres, are not TO
be sold. nor the Sto"y c~un,y bonds,
$4,000, T. csc bords draw seven per
cent, and the first years interest. due
10Th OF this month, had been paid
We were s"rry to find that this insti-
tuition was about 5000 in debt. But we
have two pair> Of oxen. wagon and other
farm tools. and some form crops, not dis
posed Of; besides the assets above named
and five sections. 300 acrrs, OF land at
Mon'oe City, in Jasper county.
The Executive Committee wa, recon
struc'ed. Foster, Of Nu~catine. re elect
I'd Chairman and President. pro TIM
Mr.. Oliver Mills, of Cass county. who is
expected 10 moyc to the farm, aud r. Mt it
at 500 per year and Mr. W. j Gra-
ham. VITO lives adjoining the Col
lfge Farm. compose SAID committee
Mr.. Mills was also ell cted treasurer for
one year ; and Nm. Duane Wilson, see
retary for two years.
think that after the houes and barn
are comp let, d, our assets, aside from the
College Farm. vii amount to S25, 900 on
a moderate estimate. 1t is my opinion.
with all due 'espcct to exceeding hord
hmes, that 1t is the b'st policy Tor the
State to 90 Oh next year aud put up
college building Of capacity to acco,nuo.
date 100 students which. together with
other cunveuiencrs aud cut buildings, will
cost about $40, 900.
Gov. kirkwood has proved himself
one Of the most prudcnt aud strictly bus-
ihess men we have on the Board. 1t is
his opinion that we ou -ht to reserve most
OF the land, and the Story county bonds,
as an endowment to this institution. ]
differ with him iu this. We SUPPOSE
tina, at no future time in the prosperity
OF this State will it be so hard for her to
raise that $40, 900 as at this time. But
many will say the State ought not to pay
another dollar to this Farmers College,
because it is for prciM rta>s. Let ne
say that no business or profess onal man
can find a school where he can get bet
ter and more usriul cducarion than in
the Pennsylvania Farmers High School,
securing health, earn bis bread at that
very important time WHEN his parents
are trying to educate him and learning
the most useful OF all lessons, that when
his other occupations fail, he can have
the best modes of Hort culture aud AZ.
riculture, n practice and taste for it,
that he may, in the decline of his years,
with ease and profit, draw his daily
bread from mother earth. Besides, our
farmers sons are not all of them cont, Mt
to graduate at the district school. The
farm school is far better suited to their.
habits of life and health than the Semin-
aries, Colleges and Universities, as they
are now conducted. 4.....
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