The Republican journal., 1877-10-18
VOLUME 4S.
Agricultural Lectures.

Ing inc days OF Oul fathers viii not an
SWer the demands OF the present genera
non Modern agriculture requires the
help OF science, lar beyond the capacity
OF single handed, isolated individual
FARMERS to investigate or to deduce re-
suits. The problem Of disseminating the
advanced thought. the practical expert
mtntS5 the valued experiences Of the most
intelligent agIicultulsts OF the day among
| the masses Vet remains unsolved. The
newspaper press is an all powerful me-
dlum III the right direction and has been
! productive OF vast beneficial results to
| all CLASSES. Yet, being controlled by private
| lndNluudlS, II does not WELD the same
authoritative sway that State. county
| or Government efforts could maintain
| Hence lhe establishment ot State agr-
| cultural boards, endowed with certain
| rights and pnN ilegeS, that have within
tatlr power the means Of accomplishing
! results Iar beyond the reach of individual
enterprise on endeaNur Farmers clubs,
| grange clubs, county agricultural Socie
| lra. are all valuable for good in their re-
| spcctNe spheres, but wei the present
methods OF action do NOT seem 10 cover
the whole field.
\ stem Of agricultural lectures, under
state u county patronage, would conSti
tutc A better popular educator than any
present aids can supply not that lecture
system which is satisfied With 4 single
annual session, and its efforts confined to
4 single locality, but one less cumbersome
ana more active: with less ui statelmtss.
ana more Of practical work; one loaded
with less baggage. and better pQuipped
1. ,t 4 I.lI 1.
farmer is dialncIiurd To make an annual
pilgrimage Of Il hundred miles to drink in
the periodic flow OF wisdom from the
State board, lel the latter spend part uf
lis lllluS i'll sending knowledge broadcast
over the State through the medium of
competent lecturers Take, for instance,
the State OF massachusetts, With IN out
lay Ui SlO,OtHl, or NOT exceeding one fifth
her present State appropriation for the
encouragement Of agriculture, one good,
sound. practical lecture might be deliver
cd before the assembled farmers in every
town III the State at least once during
the year; and what practical man could
doubt the beneficial effects theretrom
Farmers necessarily lead Il somewhat
isolated life, and demand occasions of in
tercst like the gathering for a lecture, on
thn trl4atintr nm nnn,t,.,, ,,,.,u,,J ,ri+ III
their brother cultivators. There is en-
thusasm i'll a crowd, there is a spirit
generated at these public meetings. fan
ned by local pride and ncighborhool in
ttrcst, that aWakcns thought and creates
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