The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-09-16
.NOL. VINO. 22.
DR. Pritchard 8 Lecture.

They were blessei whs heatd The iseture
Monday night, the 23ri. ia the ptcsbyte-
rian church. by Or Prtchari. Prc.,den.
of Wake Forest College. the subject or
Education as paylug Investment in the
professions OF agriculture aud mechanics-
For AL hour aad quarter Ia held his
large audience 10 "a feast Of reason AND a
flow of soul " Whi.e critic nigni not
endorse the Address IL detail. tei as =
whole, We wish every North Carolinian
could hear the array 0. facts and his logical
conclusions. Certainly it would not be As
water upon rock Our people cannot
see that education pays in dollars and cents.
but suppose that what Is put in the head i.
TIN own away. DR. Y. showed from facts
the evils resultant from this ruinous notion.
In every State where educational advan-
tages are the most general. there is the
most wealth No part of the Anglo Saxon
race is superior in any sense. naturally, To
North Ccrolinian. Nor is the soil or eli
mate OF Conn. or Mas. equal to our own
nor the water power of their streams AT all
equal to ours. Yet with all our advantages
we have on an average 5000 TO the inhabi
tant while Conn. has 81 100 and Mass
81 900. We have As much native energy
and ingenuity as they, but they surpass III
by far IN general education. SO il il with
the Cantous of Switzerland, the States of
Germany and the counties of England in
all which the system of education is com
plete, the pro rata of wealth excels any
other portion of the world. The same is
seen In few portions of our State. Our
lands are improving IN value only where
farmers learn from the experience, and
thus have the advantage of the combined
wisdom, of the civilized world. He knows
the advantage of hillside dltching aud hori-
zontal blowing He sees the folly of tiing
nine acres to grow three bales OF cotton, ii
three acres will do it. He knows money il
not worth more than six per cent, and few
farmers can pay that, consequently he does
not pay middle man" 30 per cent. to run
his farm, with corn, flour, meat and hay,
which he can produce as well as any other
farmers.
DIR. F. also called our attention to the
fact that no other occupation had been so
aggard in Improvements as agriculture.
Aud no other required moro brains to con
duct it or improve 1t. He also sp ike at
length on the utility of education in the APP
piled sciences in the mechanical arts What
We have now to pay those who know more
than we do, in preparing what we produce,
will surprise any one who looks into 1t, when
there is no reason why we should not do it
within ourselves. We must be ''hewers of
wood and drawers Of water to the more
intelligent part of the world until we have
art schools where our own boys can learn TO
apply the knowledge gained by the world
and retain in our own State the tribute now
paid to foreigners.
But may not follow the DIR. in all his
forcible arguments, impressed by amusing
illustrations. 1t is hoped the ladies will i'm
prove on suggestions made. as to their in.
fuence over the different head" Of the
departments, and also in reference to the
cuisine art.-W IN Ler0gto" E.cctange.
We could show more than five hundred
letters, received during the past four years,
testifying that the Fdrmcr and Necha,uic il
worth double its subscription price to any
growing family The character Of a paper
is not to be Judged by single number.
But he who files the Farmer and .Nechantc
will have at the end Of the year complete
record of the times, at home and abroad.