The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1872-03-29

establish institutions of learning,
where the youth of the country may
be trained and properly fitted to ele-
vate the standard Of active, practical
life, and secure for it the increased
fruits of skillfully directed labor
| 1t becomes those, therefore, who are
directly interested in this subject, 10
take active measures to second the
effort, and make use of the measures
which have been adopted by Con-
gress for their benefit. In the pros
ecution of this object, it is mani
testify the duty Of individuals inter
ested in its promotion to examine
the subject, and point out the detail
ed processes by which the design
and bounty Of Congress may be
made most available.
This convention, composed OF
such as have taken an active part in
the prosecution ofagricultural study,
has been convened to consider this.
| That the points which necessarily
present themselves may be duly
considered, we present the following
resolutions
Resolved, That it will greatly
conduce to the successful operations
of agriculture throughout the world,
that its operators should have the
light of scientific knowledge to guide
the work.
Resolved. That we recognize in
the act OF Congress of July 2, 1862,
the foundation upon which may be
organized and built colleges and
schools, where the scientific princi-
pies and knowledge of agriculture
may be taught, and that it is our
anxious desire and duty to foster and
encourage them in the work of cdn-
eating farmers.
Resolved, That in the establishment
of agricultural colleges and schools,
their organization should embrace
the following principles
LIST. They should be distinctiVely
agricultural in their government and
teachings that while no branch Of
learning shall be excluded, whether
it be the knowledge of language, of
mechanics, or military tactics, yet
the main design shall be knowl-
edge of all those branches Of natural
and exact science and practical skill
which peculiarly belong to finished
agricultural education.
ID. That in any such college or
school, actual manual labor should
be practiced and taught.
Sd. That females, as well as males,
may be admitted as pupils.
Resolved, That horticultural and
agricultural societies, aud agricnl-
tural colleges and schools, are CO.
laborers in the same field, and tend
to promote the same object--the
proper cultivation of the soil and
that all these should unite on any
plan of education by which the light
Of knowledge should be made to
shine upon their work.
Resolved, That the Department
of Agriculture is also a creature OF
the Government, established for the
same great purpose of cherishing
and promoting the interests of agri-
culture, and that its efficiency must
necessarily depend upon its intimate
connection with all other agricuItur-
al institutions which exist in this
and foreign countries and we there
fore recommend to the said Depart
ment that it establish such relation
with the agricultural societies, as
that there may be a continuous eX-
change of information, seeds, roots,
plants and publications as shall be
mutually advantageous, and conduee
to tn leading agricultural and hor-
ticultural interests Of the country.
These resolutions we're adopted
by the convention.
A resolution, presented by Sena-
tor Morrill,. of Vermont, favoring a
donation of land, or the proceeds OF
! land, sunicieet to found a professor
ship of one of the branches of prac-
teal science in the land grant col
leges, and the assignment to each,
by the War Department, ofan officer
of the Army competent to give
mathematical and military inStruc-
ton, was adopted.
General N. N. IIalstread, of New
Jersey, offered a resolution recon-
mending a provision by State and
county agricultural societies, for a
scholarship in Agricultural colleges
for each county, and also a proyi-
sion on the part Of agricultural col
leges, requiring satisfactory exam
nation Of students by a committee
of practical farmers, before a diplo-
ma can be given, which was also
adopted"
| Other action was taken looking
to an increased and more equal dis
tribution of the public lands for the
purpose of agricultural education
from all of which and from what
Congress has already done our