Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1865-09-15
Baron Liesig On Agricultural COLLEGES.


Barren Liesig On Agricultural Colleges.
= In Ohio yOo do not want 10 bald . 80
ace FOR an agricultural school IN ADerica
you spend TOO much money Ia puftiag up
your educational buildings. and then starse
yo1r professors 1 learn lhAi 200 pat aP a
very grand building IN your city Of Colum-
hos. called the Starting Medical Coiiege;'
have a picture Of 10 am told II cost some
$4,000 Or 1900. am now you are starry
ing the professors IN Il. lon did The sane
in Cleveland Asd Cincinnati; then I an folI
VOC bsit tsro universities in Ohio. an ncw
the professors can barely live on tbc salary
you Pay-the eOnseq1enoe = that these
schools. colleges or universities must run
down. There Is no place in TIE Whole
weird wher knO~iedge can make 50 muoh
money As 10 America; therefore yoar bssf
men Val not become teachers or professors
simply because they can make more non-
az oct Of soOsthing else. and thev naturally
spriy their talent and ability where il pays
The best. Ne nan vii engage in an edu-
eatiOnal course o. life Jor kfs on a salary o.
$3.50 or = 200 year. when By applyin-
the same ability in some otbcr psrsuit. he
can make $4,000 10 =. 900 a year. Hence
700 have no .frsf oiass prefsssOrs in all
America. bat you have instead. arss class
business men. 6rst class mechanics. ana
managers Of large and colossal establish.
Dents. Nov ! an afraid that oct Of rour
large fund Of money you vii think that you
must Al east bald another Starting Col
lege, or even q yet more expensive estab-
lishneni. IOe want an ordinary GOOD
building. BAT you don Z want the tuentseth
part there is AZ Hohenbeim. Then. TOO.
Am AFRAID that amer yos have ' car buildings.
you vii employ third or fourth rae proke.-
sors. and yea wall ind thai your establish
nent vii iAnguish. and your standard %
attainnents viii be very low. These arr
your great dangers. On the other hana.
with an Ordinary and convenient bunEiny.
.tirsf rate professors AID I'll pad. yoa nav
rest assured that Ohio all take hieh rank
IN tae agricultural world.-
Ga the subject Of managing the farm con-
neeted With a. Agricultural College. Liebir
expressed himseli a. ioiio-s:
The manager or director OF The estab-
hshmeut sbO0ld ~ MAJ thoroughly ver.ea
IN scientific agriruiture because the erper-
iaental farm Is tor thc purpo-e Of uAssne
experiments pl-cly. and rot so- the purpose
OF MAINTAINING Or supporting iLe school
Ahe scientific director can see lar tLe r-o-
per experiments are made. ana tie enne-;-
nenis should Al~4ys be raals IN direct con-
sicer1tion Of beng PCT into general prsc.
iice that Is. they should al lend o. proauc-
ing the greatest crops q tie least cxpense
and Snho.f exhausiing ihe sol. AM u
course Be Of such 4 cLaTacier that an the
iArmers may avail themselves Of tie meth
DDS; because II your experiments CO.. r,o-e
than The crops ano0at 20. nobody MI re-.
pear them. and yon have made no advance
IN agriculture ahhourh vou nav have sol,-
e. problem or ascrrtained a tat. vet for
asriesi'ure generally IL j. q no vaisc. IT,
On The Other band. yosr director . a pracii.
cal man only. ard not scientisc man. be
is only repeating OF tie experimental fara
What y perhaps being dooe on every vel.
regulated farm IN the safe and therefar
yoS are making DO progres.. Zoo can
never persuade PRACTICAL dire-.or % make
proper experiments
1os eont Wani much iand.~ continues
Liebig "A few hundred sercs Is al susi-i-
eni Tor AL manner OF cxpcrinents. aud 70.
must aiio~ me % repeat. vou want O. make
experiments 9nly-you dont want 90 tearh
aspecihc system % model farrnin-. for u,.v
reasons; Firstly. not ore stodeus perhap.
can ct farm precisely Ike your model
farm be nav not De- able % get 80 much
grass lad or 80 mach upland. o. nav b.
unable TO have farm bsiidincs precisely IKE
The model ones then vhai good does yoar
model DO when Nobody can copy ns-aaG
% copy PARK Of the model impresses the
ignofant that the whole y copied. and the
results IL copying part oAnno; b a. great
or a. beneficial materially a. Il The ukois
were copied. and yet TIE moral effect &.
that part represents the shole therefor I
vouid not advise model farming. Hohen-
BEN set OF viih tie ilea o. being q model
farm vhen there we're not haif a-doren e.
tates Of TIE sane extent o. geological struc-
i1re ~ al Gutenberg snd 81 natter q
eourse . must fail a. model. fof nobody
oui Eings or princcs c1al copg g.. aad
small ARMS could noi even aticmpt %. Con-
hns your iusiif8tion O. experiment. ard o.
i'r rrietire. yo1 have every dsy .i Jour
ser'ics ile praciice of fhe whole state ~
NC. l.ei the students vis.i t're best farms
pr ~ S'a'e' and see bow finrs are nan