Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-02-04
;Tng AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
What . Copish Boy Has 70 ~ Concerning
This Institution.

the legislature reducing the nppropria-
ton for the support Of tli. institution;
also seeing tllst Gov. Lowry rconi-
,ncads such reduction, ] have con-
cluLc 1 to write to your paper setting
forth my ideas ~ clearly rs possible
in regard to the Importance Of s''s'ain-
ing this institution.
! have lern here two years AMI have
become perfectly familiar with It's
workings and feel Tat ! mus, mention
few facts in connection with the coli
lego. Now the a. " NJ. College only
AXIS for as murli ~ the University gets
per annuin. This being n farmers
school for the education Of the boys of
the State in the practical application
o: the most scientific methods Of farm
Ing knowing al 80 that agriculture Is
the fundamental pursuit Of the state,
and tia. the financial, social and p0-
lili.al prosperity Of her people matcri-
ally depends upon the intelligence o.
the farming class. i cannot sec how our
repre- ,cntativcs can fail to give ilIc y.
Il u. College their liberal support.
With such tide Of educated immi-
grants ~ il constantly pouring into
the United States. Mississippi cannot
| hut expect Ia get her share AT no dis
| tant day. and unless her sons are ed
ucatcd. this foreign population, which
must inevitably flock To her borders,
will, by virtue Of superior education.
got control Of the financial. agricul,u-
raj aud political affairs ot the State.
| IL 10 claimed by some that boys ell
,icntcd ut the 4. & NJ. College will
not make farmers. but up to dat" my
per cent. ~ her alumni are engaged IN
such pursuits.
When boy. go Ia n literary college
and stay only session or two. as
many 10. they do not get sufficient
schooling to enter professional life and
having spent their time In idlcncs..
thus incurring u dislike 10 manual la
I bor. they will make very poor farmers.
/ This Is not the ease here Tor there arr.
generally speaking, only two classes
Of bows that leave here. One class
/ leave because their parents arc re-
Gucstcd To keep them at home on ac-
count 0f total Indifference IN regard To
their studies. Thi. class OF boy.. be-
/ Ing only u few. are not permitted to
remain. - that other boys who will
/ improve their time can take the vaciln-
cics made by these idle boys leaving.
( The other class WHO leave after an Mt
, tendance ~ a session or two. leave
/ because their means are exhausted.
! A. for the former class. they would DO
/ nothing anywhere, but the latter class
! III bows are good, honest, lnrd-work-
! ing, industrious boys. who have gath
cred MI the practical information that
b they could. outside the school room
~ well ~ within, In the length Of
time that they stay here. Leaving
with new idea, and knowledge Of
farming gained by using improved i'm
| plcurnis. housing hay, grain. cnsil-
sgc and all kind, of feed for stock,
| sowing cloyCrn inl grass crops, herd
/ inn stock. ilt;cning beef cattle. feed
. ing milk COWS. u, well as milking
I them AMI working ;lw milk into but
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Mo STAT, th,n d,nl,l, ,h,. number ,f
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Ilnnw - gcn,Icm,n who comc from
O,,in "a Wcst Point two wears aro
md purchn.cd one OF the poorc.t farm. .
in the vicinity of That town: bought
FORTY cows. b.gan milLiu. them and
.rIlinp t,c milk. Inc and M. children,
tho oi,l,st only seventeen. dining nil
,hc mill inc mrd,Ilin" thc mill. crow
in, wintcr iced aud s,yinw forage.
Ar ,hc end Of The first year
| was Informed that the gross pro-
coed, from his cows amounted TO 81. =
500. II would take forty bales Of cot
ton TO bring that amount Of money.
/ To make fo,ty bale, Of cotton, allow
Ing five bales to the hand, il would
take eight hands. Now we will see
Whist n vast difference between the
COS, of the cotton and the cost Of at
I tending to that many cows when we
consider that this mans force only
amounted 10 three hands. | could
,ncntiou many instances where c,lura-
tru and c,prri,nccd Northern farmer,
are making rood profit. on garden
vegetables. grape. and strawberries
but.it il not necessary, for every one
knows that the first who begin u new
system of farming are going to derive
the CREATES, profit. Now, why cam
not Mississippi bows he the ONES To de-
rive such profits! The Agricultural
cnIl,o, Ia ihr m,,lium tliroIlpl, which