Daily globe., 1879-03-23
Preparation for Farming

OupeTuclal1ty, says Zne WeStef11 ItuTHG,
is an American fault in Incorporation of
the individual for the duties of life. Our
colleges as whole are not thorough
enough in their courses of instruction
our young men enter upon the practice of
the so-calied learned professions with a
very imperfect preparation. Law schools
and medical schools are annually turning
out members of these professions, in
armies, who are almost as unqualified for
their business as they would be for a
business that they had never even thought
Of; and as to the farm, no preparation at
all is thought to be necessary among q
a very large class, Our agricultural
colleges anu schools have done something
to correct this error, and so far as thev
have devoted themselves to the accom-
plishment of the legitimate object for
which they were created--the making Of
competent farmers, they are worthy of all
commentator. BIZ connecting education
with labor, and seeking t. have them go
hand in hand, they have been Of meal
culable benefit. But while these institu-
tions have been doing great deal in this
direction, the agricultural press of the
country has done much more. and con-
sidering them as a real and thorough
educator, the farming community owes it
to itself to see that agricultural papers
are we'll sustained. But more than any,
thing else, perhaps, necessity in the older
portions OF the country has been the
partial cause of an increase Of int lligence
in agriculture. The East has, to some
extent, felt the needs which the farmers
Of England feel. The natural fertility of
the soil having been exhausted, and the
eastern farmer being compelled to COM
pete with those on the vast prairies of
the west, it has been found necessary to
till the soil more scientifically; or with
the lessons which experience has taught
many have come west and have been
growing constantly in intelligence. What
ever the casues May have been or may
now be 1t matters little so long as it is a
fact that our agriculturists are doing
their work more intelligently than for
erly, and although our progress is by no
means as rapid as we could desire. prog
ress is nevertheless being made, and if
we could only cause the fact that agri-
culture is science made up of various
oNAouSoo " w SOAoAo ohAy AcCOs9ulAtus we
should have done enough to elevate the
farm to its proper position. Then a
young man contemplating the business
OF agriculture as life work would first
seek to qualify himself, as he would if
he had determined to enter upon pro-
fessional, or mercantile career, and with
the generally good common practical
sense which characterizes bows and
young men who properly appreciate the
farm, they would no doubt more thor
oughly prepare themselves for their
business than young men who enter up
on the prosecution of other kinds of busi-
ness usually prepare themselves.
Although it may seem somewhat un-
seasonable to talk about grenadines, they
are now spread upon the counters for in
spection all the same. and there was new
er before so attractive display of these
materials as this spring has developed.
They arc in silk and satin stripes in gold
shades and fancy in stripes chintz colors
The Roman colorings prevail in the latest
designs. Satin stripes gauze de chambry,
in the wide and narrow stripes, for drap-
ing evening party dresses, is frost and
snow white. Satin brocaded silk her