Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1877-09-08

cry can thus be kept at work a
the year round? Then, there
the important subject of under
draining and saving of thousand
OF acres now unproductive-a
open drains. And in connectio,
with drainage there is the question
of using the great river which flow
through our State in order to irri
gate our fields and thus make tn,
planter independent of seasons
These are only few of the grea
and important subjects needing
through study and scientific inves,
tigation, which would. if not al
once, yet soon attract the attention
of the corps of scientific men whom
we hope to have as professors in
our agricultural college, and whose
work would result in a vast addi-
ton to the wealth of the State, do
ing for our sugar production what
has been done in Europe by scien-
tific method applied to the beet
root sugar mandatory the only
rival OF cane sugar in the world.
l have not touched upon the
great and important problem of
renovatiDg the worn out lands' of
the State. counted by millions of
acres, and bringing them back to
their original fertility. This can
be done economically az d certainly
only by scientific agriculture. The
haphazard unmetbods of oup day
must give way scientific methods,
and those scientific methods must
be taught our young farmers in our
agricultural college. Just as our
young doctors are taught medical
science end art in our medical COL
lcge and hospital-and our young
lawyers the science and practice Of |
law in the lecture-room and, in the
moot court. The man who doubts
his is a long way behind the ad.
7anced thinkers of the age both in
Europe and in our own country.
Theh, again, when are our vonng
armers to learn the science and
'rt of that varied agriculture from
which alone is to come certain
wealth to our farmers We have
90 long confined ourselves to the
PRODUCTION of two staple crops, and
ICED to be taught by the professors
q any agricultural college that
here is wealth in the production of
utter, and of cheese, as we'll as in
otton and sugar, to say nothing of
he breeding and raising a better
lass of stock, horses, cattle, sheep
nd hogs. Who in our State ,
nows anything correctly of these :
ALTERS now-and where shall we
arm quickly and accurately but in
school whose chief business it is I
teach these very things so much
seded to be known. I think the q
rye majority of our people, both r
the city and country, will admit
e correctness and wisdom of these
ews without further argument. Il
Now, in order to teach scientific d
ricu!ture it is absolutely ncccs- il
~ to have farm adjoining the f,
llege well furnished with all the -
planes adapted to teach this T
anch of knowledge, just as it is II
cessary 10 have hospital in con e.
ction with a medical school in 81
Ter to teach the young doctor is
art as well as the science OF -,
dicine. To have a farm it is "
;essary to have money. How a.
get this money shall form tae m
ject of another communicable m
these columns. r,
Nay [ not ask of the country
So to copy this article in order az
t the farmers in every part Of "
State may have their attention "
ed to this important subject. yc
at more interesting and profita> tn
question could be discussed in h,
Oranges of the State !? w
r. 81. RYLAND, M. D. ~