The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-01-23
THE FARM.
Education for the Farm.


From the Farm, Field and stockman
President Adams, OF Cornell university,
New York, in an address TO the class at
Amherst, Mass, on the necessity OF educa-
ton and general intelligence for the sue
cessful prosecution Of agriculture, held that
these, added to practical knowledge of de-
tails, were essential to complete success
Among the points made were, while ad-
hitting there were many excellent farmers
with limited education who worked their
holdings with profit, he had never met one
OF those who did not wish his range Of in
formation was wider, and who did not envy
The neigilbor whose schooling gave great
and lasting advantages. Education does
not lessen the capacity OF Il man for phys.
ical labor On the contrary, II enables him
to use his brain as actively Ms his hands;
and while the latter are using the hoe or
handling the pillow, the former is systcma-
tzng in detail other and more complicated
work. Comparing what Ind been done in
Europe and America, President Adams
said:
PRUSSIA alone has four higher agricul-
tnlnl colleges, with some eighty professor
ships; she has more than forty lesser
ssbe't'f ait hllt lltlN
five SPECIAL schools for the cultivation of
meadows and the scientific studicsof meth
ods OF irrigation; she has one special school
for the teaching of those who desire 10 70.
claim swamp lands; she has two special
schools lor the teaching OF those who In
tend 10 grow industrial nurseries; she has
q school Tor teaching honc-shocing, one
Tor teaching silk-raising, one for the raising
III. Al AZ.
ton OF fish. Besides all these she has
: twenty special schools for tho education OF
gardeners, and fifteen schools forthe train
ing OF those who are TO cultivate the grape
The example Of Prussia has been initiated
ny the other German States. The little
Kingdom Of Bavaria, scarcely larger than
MASSACHUSETTS,, has twenty-six agricul-
tural colleges, besides more than two
hundred agricultural associations. Wur.
temburg, still smaller in area, has sixteen
colleges and seventy-six associations.
baden, with q population Of only 200. 600.
has fourteen agricultural colleges. besides
four schools Of gardening aud forestry.
Saxony, with it, dense population Of .. 600. .
OOO, compactcd into a space hardly larger
Than two American counties. has four
higher colleges and twenty agricultural
5f '"'" '.".l""il Voi'gc hhu
Impairment OF agrrulturc with twenty
oo',iS w ue University OF Lcipslc'
s"Ac nei",el, Win population OF no
any,v s',ah noo,VVv souls, has Three agr..
stu"' e"nek,Si lsTluer an agricultural
~ P', ,,..,sl MN h','vn piol's~ofshll's ~
sno .nNeiety oi Jena. Ana what has
ocen 'ne icsW,i simply inns, That whhe
IN every one oi the Amcncan states, as IN
SHOWN ny tue agricultural reports, The
aersgc crop per acre has been steadily
s'oN.hg loss ana less inc average crop IN
ueiihahy mas peen az steadily growing
noic. ~ we" OF ihesc iacis We ought Ia
DOW our heads ~ shame. AZ least let us
ccarc our coniemp'ible cant about the
supehoh'y"i our Educational facilities.
The C.Is,,.,,., of white a,r,., I'm.
bacco.
From The Farmers Home Journal
As the indications are that very large
hurley crop will be planted this year, and
probably great many Inexperienced men
will 90 into Il, the following instructions
an the subject will he found interesting,
and especially valuable 10 beginners. The
article was written by Mr.. ]. r. Boggcss,
one Of the most successful hurley planters
of Brown county, o., the home OF the
white hurley.
Each acre will require about Z. 900 planls
and, in onlcr 10 ho SURF Of enough plants.
OF n strong, healthy character. about fifty
SQUARE yards Of sced-bcd should beao for
every acre. One ounce Of seed will bo
sufficient 90 insure plenty Of plants for
a