New-York tribune., 1868-11-10
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Tue MAo,S,aaoy DIR own CORRESPONDENTS
oct tS6s-The Agricultural Coleso %
,,,d nv the State Of MASSACHUSETTS, "'' 1 w N 4;o
asa,Ites and had to commence '"ooi ~ ',l' 49, ,ho
-. .,,o,y i fairly under way was 'o'" ' .ho+
bu' 10" - neople offered the most money 'ha'
,hy might have it III thcir town. pu' ,hn old
''' ,,o,,ded hest TO fix it at Amherst th'' .', O
vas conV'" r,;cht have the benefit of failure
C'i's - ho ono The distance from Nor'hahP
1T se1en miles Most of the way the SUI iS
'' .I,oro ore few or no hills, ana the genera
e'''..y 80 tbe country reminds me OF the olno
e. posorva where the farms and people are
ts .,,oso were once orchards, they nave ue-
d Amherst is a small place; on SlIEli' III CIime
,s,lc rom Industries Conhec'eu w. of naIr,
fSl!o n"l ;raI business is the manufacture OF pam
~ rfts went through tho college grOuiluS au1
i,;i5iuos and did not fail TO NISl' 'ho eeoiosie"
,",srnm. which is extensive, ana Oh gIeaI nalee e =
tecn two of the buildings. ana IN the center vi
Ioclr aower garden, is a naked Venus, aS Dlack as
tbc ace of spades. Ibid not learn Whethef Sne repre- %
s.nts the politics or the @Sthetlca ,ase ~ te WI T"
Icecbar graduated, and commenced gettlng an edu-
cIton and here many Others completely 'helt GuI ~
ton While was eating dinner AT lhe motel and ,nd
landlord stood III Side uOOr loohihS "v nv '
couutiug on his fingers. go o.;o,,
Thence Iwent about mile toward the ConnectlcuI
River which makes magnihccnt Dchu, anu of tb
the agricultural farm and the college GROUNDS OF le
rev Institution. There are 81 acres, Wien nc nloce oCe'
s.-COo There was n small FARMHOUSE on the n Pi"vr t
80. d ftY4ii
e. tc tuOents and some large fields almost as tcSo
late rs If i'm the vicinity OF brckNafd, 1 dle iI'
h.dp is large plant. house costing EioOV & Wu,o noi
,,, yas Specal donation. and IL contains "ilhc COZ
Z encculent plantS palms. and tender top-
i..I shrubs aquatic and All plants pJSlVe eAIcuS'Nc
Repeating pits. all of which equal perhaps lhey
~ ,nO' ~ ,intv of money The next building j. a
L,tauic museum, 45XSl. two stores hlgh haN inc
Presidents office, ecture-Io9s' an np'sr, iof OF
tLs museum and q deep cellar Tor the storing OF
,,-.,4s These buildings are close 10 man puphc
nd Across a large field distant about q hall a
mile and reached by descending MI are tne pl,il
,nsi buildings The dOnntOry, lOOXlO, ana fOur $40
r..s nigh will accommodate 46 students TWO III a
Ioon and II cost $4,000 The chemical laboratory;
5:x6 two stories high includes ieetIeIoCis, nH nno
,n,t $4,000 A bOardlng-hollSe 0VXlc, cost So'VVV'
Total cost of buildings, Sll5,3o. -. III,
a. vet there are none but pooI common barns. Inc
want Of an agricultural college : manifest ron he h
liant house was easily obtained, while of all the
rirb and benevolent men of Massachusetts none le-
allied enough the Importance OF aaNlag MN gUoI tbe
,cessarv oppropriatiOn. and also one Tor aadl9hai
,IormtoTies since all the rooms are now Iuli' anu 0
more students can be received until those PIeSeI'
.LoT eTadnate. There is little improved stock,
mostly donations, and the total Naiue oil an khs Oh
stock i, less than 5000 The numner OF NlsIols;;
Lotb from the vicinity and from different parts OF
the state shows the great interest the people take
in this institution. Some however, nave no otnGi
object than to see something new % anu y w was o snr
The institution may be said to he devoted TO ac-
ourinr a complete knowledge of agriculture and the
following studies are included in the forT years
conTse: Human Anatomy, Physiology Chemlca!
PhySic. Geometry, the French, German ana Engilsh
Languages, Commercial Arithmetic and BookKTeep-
Ing TwConOmetry Surveying, Chemistry, Zoology
Drawing. Agricultural Chemistry Rhetoric HortiGul'
fnre Intellectual Philosophy, History, Geography,
Geology. Engineering, and Political Economy, Wmle
.",v Market Gardening Vine Growing. Tree Cul
ture Entomology. Stock Breeding Landscape Gar
denng. and Architecture There arc OF course, TIl
.I.lo md
there are gymnastic exercises, military dIlll ahe
farm and garden work. In the estimation OF ahl9l
ti0u. persons who measure themselves by I'M
cheyenents of the ancicuts the aim of this lnsltu
ton and os the young men is not high, but II iai
knowledge of the above sciences and OF practlca ag
yculture shall be acquired, the education VIII b
Igherthan any univeIsityin thewoTd has ever given
Manual labor is not compulsory, but the mauort
SEX H. and the officers state that they who mos
effective the farm and in the garden are the bes
VI scholars. About 60 acres have been planted Wit
com. potatoes and root crops, and some with oat
Zen acres have been undeTdrained, and more ina
90 tuus of hay have been secured Ill good orde
kost of this work has been done by the student
The laying out of walks, the grading around bu
ings, and other Improvements are incomplete, but
j. designed to make the estate model as soon
time sufficient to do the work has elapsed. The pa
for work is at the curreut rates according 10 yaiu
H. I, thought that if student can be assisted wit
800 a year. he Will he able. by his own labor.
finish the regular course. At present board is -
The President. W. & Clarke. is man in middl
age his heart is i'll the work, and from what saw
Ie deserves encouragement and praise, AllnOs
rveTVfhinr i, new. and much is to be created an,
organized The farm superintendent and instructor
in agriculture, Levi StOCkbridge, is a practica
farmer who knows how 10 do all kinds Of farm work
and he has kindly, agreeable manner Complete
agricultural teachers 10 come hereafter, and they
viii be among the first fruits Of the agricultural col
Isges Mr. Stockbridge did not make apologies fol
tie appearance of the farm; 10 one who understood
what farming is, IL was unnecessary; to one VINO DID
not understand, il was still less necessary. lie re-
lated what had been done, and what they expected
10 do The other professors did moi sec. On the
whole the prospects of this Institution are hopeful
aud more because thinking minds are rapidly COM
ing to see the great need of an education for ON
young men which shall. early IN life, give them the
results of modern thinking. not OF the thinking OF
those who had no scientific facts. The State OF Mas
slchusetts ought not to let this college angush and
fail for want of funds; she is rich enough to make
the needed apprOpriatiOns-She ought TO be wise
ea0Bgh. NJ NJ.