Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-28

would like to know whyso little agri-
cultural knowledge waste DE obtained
i'll the agricultural colleges 1t seemed /
lamehtable thatthe proper instructors
were not secured for these colleges; he
made, an ;illustration of.this by referring
tO, a closhiHg store. asking if the mer-
chant would hang out a sign and then
wait until the people, came IN and made
demand and, then send of for his
goods to supply them? He did not think
this was the way but that he first got
the goods and could then wait on them
when they came; that the agricultural
colleges should first supply themselves
with the proper teachers, ard that they
would not prosper until they furnisht
| the article in demand-that is, an agri |
cultural education. A single graduate
! in neighborhood who is a more sue !
cessful farmer, will be demunstrition |
of such education, and will bring the /
crowds of students. The Educational
! College at Columbus, is endowed with /
| 81 100000, and ;ssnow called the Ohio |
State University, and has never'yet sent |
out a. single graduate in agricultural
pursuits. This is not an exception, butt
other State agricultural colleges are the !
same, and when S1,0O0,0OU are given to
maintain AN agricultural college, it |
should be expected that such things be |
taught; that was expected by the farm
ers, and that if it was not done. the Of
! ticerS and trustees of the institution
were responsible. The act of the Legis-
lature creating this college, says that the !
I leading object of the college was toi
! teach such things as would c0nduce to
the bettering of agricultural pursuits
not to be III the way of other branches
of study. The farmers and their sons
should believe that they needed an ed
ucation to better the work OH the farm. |
/ Farmers generally sent their sons to
4 college because they didn't want them
to be farmers, that they; wanted them to1
be something more e.evated-profeSSion
al men. That even our language show
ed that the city and town bred folks
were considered the upper crust, while
the rural element was looked upon as
the under crust; for examples: Polite
I from latin politics, meaning an inhabi-
tant of a city; boor-from anglo-saxOn
for countryman; churl-anglo for
a rustic; rustic-latin rus, meaning a
countryman ruSticus latin, meaning d
farmer or rusty cnSs; urbaneLcOmes1
from the latin urbS, meaning a city ;;
idiot, from Greek word, meaning coun
tryman.; ;clown-meaning tiller of theI
soil astute-from Greek aSta, meaning
city. &c, SC. That he was pleased to1
see that the Ohio State University was
taking practical measures in this direc-
ton, as shown by the appointment of
Prof. LaZenby, a practical horticulturist,l ]
and the annual agricultural lecture
Fcodise by the college, which commences
10Th January, Another proof of their
/ desire to take measures in this direction,
was the fact that their professors were
| taking part in the Farmers Institutes :;
another proof--the establishment of an
experiment station, and demand to be
made on the Legislature for funds for a
new agr cultural and chemical laborato-
ry. The sons should go to college with
a genuine love for the works of nature,
$50 they would return: that their train
ing should be to this effect, on the farm,
in the school room, and in the college,
Home training should be of the kinder
garden style, he thought. There were
two ways to treat a boy on the farm, as
learner or drudge; if we treat him as
a drudge, give him all the grindstone-
turning and water-earrying, and not
| SnOW Hllu dLy VI IDO Interesting IUlURS,
he would leave the farm as soon as he
could, and was not to be blamed. The
boys should be taught those things
which would do them the most good
when they became men-such as geolo-
gy, chemistry, botany, physical geOgra-
ply, OrnitholOgy, entomology, political
economy, peteorology, &C., such things
AS farmers they will need to know. In
speaking of how to encourage an attend
ance on the agricultural colleges, he said
that country fairs and oranges should
offer premiums 60 farmers boys of Ger
tain age, of scholarship to such insti
tuUions, as a premium on the best sfow
of farm products of. their own raising,
with best essay on same.
After the address of Sec'y Chamber
lain, and" Good Night" song by the
choir, the Institute adjourned to a. IN.
on Wednesday,. f.
THE report of the proceedings of
| Wednesday, is deferred until next week.