Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-22

treasury, not appropriated and allowed
after the expiration Of three years, is to
be turned over to the States from which
il is taken, and appropriated for the pur-
pose Of sustaining two agricultural col
leges in esch Of said States It is be-
lieved this fund will fully amount to fir
teen million dollsrs OF more. By the
twelfth section, all persons enu-
tied to have cotton-taX money
refunded, may take pay in government
lands at one dollar per acre, II they
should prefer 10 do so. The tenth sec
| don is entitled to the consideration o.
all the people Of the 1outh. The col
Ileges proposed by this bill are upon
,,eag 5lan altogether. One-third part Of
The funds going TO each college is to be
used ID purchasing tillsble lands, build
ing suitable houses, purchasing the ne
cesssry apparatus, mules, horses, cows,
sheep, farming implements, and one
years supply Of provisions. The other
lwo-thirds part Of the money going to
each college is to be held as a perpetual
fund. The interest is only to be used ia
paying professors, experienced sgricul-
Jurists aud hired lab0TeTs as may be
found necessary. We illustrate; Esti-
mating that there will be five hundred
stHdents st each Of these universities,
hey will be divided into four
olssses-A, B, c, d. These classes,
10 rotation, viii be employed
At work two aDd a half hours each, daily
the four classes ten hours daily. Each
class viii likewise be employed, after
working two and q half hours, in the
-chool-room six hours daily. From this
programme, there will be one hundred
aud twenty-five students always 81
work, ami with them twenty-five expe-
uenced lsbOrers. By this arrangement
there will he from daylight to dark Tor
for ten nouns daily, one hundred and
ifty men and boys at work, hOelng,
Dloughing, resping, moving, etc. After
the first years outfit, it is believed these
iaoOrers Will produce enough Of supplies
70 pay current expenses, feed and clOthe
them bounteously, luxuriously, AID
make each institution self-sustaining,
paying, as before stated, professors,
hired laborers, etc, out Of the interest
found. The entire time Of the Rblesi
to be found, will be employed /
In teaching the students agriculture in |
al its departments, chemistry, geology,
and other kindred sciences thoroughly,
snd with these the modern languages, |
book keeping, engineering, etc, etc. /
We have no hesitation in saying that |
trained in such an institution,
made TO rise with the lark, working /
two and a half hours and studying six 1
hours daily, viii turn upon the States Of
the south a body Of young men who |
will do more to raise these States up to
nigh prosperity than would the expendi-
tuTe Of tsn-foid mOremOney in any other /
way whatever. When the PROSTATE
Of agriculture in the south;
when the idleRess, prOdigacy and utter
ignorance Of many Of the youth of the
south is considered; when farms and /
farming interests seem to be fastening |
to desOlatoni when we can but see and |
know what such institutions would do /
to arrest and roll back the gloomy tide /
Of adversely that is upon us--is it not |
apparent that every father, mother, and |
well-wisher TO our country should arouse |
themselves, and aid in concentrating a |
scheme which promises such enduring |