Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-09-03
agricultural.
Education a qualifications, for
Farming.


excellent account of the institution and
thinks ii is the place for young men with
much OF little money who desire tn Get
practical education The tuition Is free
and the students are allowed TO work
much orlittle when their studies are COM
pleted tor the day. Mr., Weston says tina,
many paid their board the past term by
their work while bat few had to pay more
than ten or twelve dollars Weston says
he feels just as well to study after work
ing as though he did no work at all. We
hope the time is passing away when
emasculation and liberal education must
60 hand in hand and our colleges viii
cease to disseminate dyspepsia as regular
" as they give diplomas. How many
young men in Somerset county will enter
the State College?7 And in the same
number, the following leading article;
"'Goiug 20 school 20 learn 10 farm was
the remark of a man not long since to a
younger one who was attending our State
Agricultural College, rs though there was
nothing TO learn or be taught in the agri-
cultural department. Why not go u
school to learn To farm? May it not be
as much matter of scientific study 20 till
the soil Understandings a. to make pills,
write sermons or draw writS? That it has
required years of study and research to
advance the science of medicine 10 it,
present condition, i well known; and
the physician who fails 10 regard the
teachings OF experience will as certainly
fail 10 be skilltul The physician has
learned. or at least should have dome 50.
tha, certain kinds of food and treatment
are best for the development oil muscle.
another makes blood and still another
bone, the one or the other i prescribed
As ii Is found that the system is deficient
oft.
The multitudinouS productions OF the
earth that make up the sustenanceS OF
man and beast, are all OF them chemically
different for different purposes, and, Of
course, draw from the soils that nurture
them, the very qualities requisite to make
them mp. That different soils require
different fertilizers. and different app.ca
ton of these would b. the natural con.
clusion. The soil is not dead mass Of
matter tina, has only T. be 'tickled with a
hoe to laugh with harvests. II is q
living mass possessing great chemical
agencies that are constantly at work. and
for the production OF different crops.
requiring he addilion OF different chemical
qualities, Is the soil and the prodvc;
differ.
When the soil is regarded in its true
light. aS IN active agent and requiring
particular ingredients 70 produce certain
required results, agriculture not only tc-
comes science, bu, the greatest Of all
sciences, presenting field for the most
profound research snd arduous study.
When more youngmon shall 'goto school
10 learn 20 farm iewe, nil beseekin- the
professions alre, dv crowded, IS the only
avenues THAI lead TO success
1t is to be rcgr- led that 50 many osoul
best farmers are DESTROYS - chan ge their
farms here in Maine, where they are
surrounded with comforts that years of
industry have accumulated to- some
uutried land and another kiulolbl>iness.
one of the bcs, and ,lriftiest rar.acrs IN
this locality spoke of advertising lis farm
that he Nigh, sell and 90 70 a coua ~
where he could raise stock without feed.
ing it hay, &c Doubtless this i fine
picture when We examine but one side OF
il. Distance lends eUchautment.
Now, say what we will this i world
Of compeusationS That country where
herds Of cattle feed al, the year on fields
Of living green" is, undoubtedly that
beyond the swelling tide. The country
that has 10 "oatS~ don't exist here The
iarmcr OF Maine NAV not be able topraise
his own State becauS" it i more ecOnOm-
zeal 10 buy -four than % raise it but have
the people of the West no cause of com
plant that they must purchase, in most
cases, their fuel? Here We may be
troubled with too many rocks, and com
plain Of that fate that compels Us to Gig
them and make fences thereof; but i not
a surplus even OF rocks better than not L.
have enough to vail up their cellars UI
wells. and the neees>i Y of going miles.al
great expense, TO Get material for fences:
If our farmers canao, raise 30 much from
an acre OF cannot till so many acres. they
can get As much money from the same
amount of labor as in the West
There are other things TO be taken into
consideration. On the old farms the oc-
cupants are surrounded with comforts and
conference.-the result OF years of toll
and care. When these are left behind. il
will take an equal number ofyears toSur-
round him with the facilities for like en-
joyment of life, particularly in country
where the materials are not overabuRdant
When a man in moderate circumstance
goes TO the West, he must push into The
wilderness. He may raise large crops
but he is away from mills. transportation
and whatever can make them available
He might not hare had many advantages
in Maine; but here, there are schools
while in the remoter parts of the West il
must take years to get these that are as
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