The Southern herald., 1889-05-10
GEN. LEES LAST PAPER.
SUMMARY OF PRACTICAL RE.
SUITS AT A. and M. COLLEGE
It Has Increased the Attendance az
other UnIversitIeb : Provided a
Cheaper Education, and IntrO-
trOduced New Industries, Etc.
ARTTcLt VII.

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ARTICLE VII.
In this, my last afticle about Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Colleges,
VIII give what l regafd as q summary
Of practical results, slowing somewhat
ii detail how far thes objects aimed ai
have been attained BY the A. and N.
College of Mississippi--eight years.
/. It has increased the attendance al
the State Uniyersity.at the Baptist Col
lege at Clinton, and at the Normal Col
leges and schools in the State. by Civ
ing an impetus to education in The
State.
g. It has increased the number oi
educsted persons in the State, for, as Q
new College, II has had, from its open.
ing. one-third more students than any
college in the State.
8. 1t has recruited its students from
the class Congress intended to benefit
eighty-two per cent being the sons o.
farmers, and from class not attending
the other institutions in the State.
4. In providing cheaper education
for students; 1925 covering necessary
expenses. and part Of this amount ;
uniform, or clothing, not included BY
other colleges; and in educating
larger number Of students on less ap
preparation from the State.
s. BY providing moro practica
training for students.
Z. In educating class Of boys who
could not have been educated elsewhere
8. In providing theoretical and practl
cal knowlegde that is infused along
with other studies
r.
Introducing q new industry in thu
State by the establishment Of the frs
creamery in the Gulf States. By
gradually pushing creamery butter OF
the market till better prices were OBJ
tanned at Atlanta, Birmingham, Vicks
burg, Greenville, jackson and othel
places. than was paid for the standar.
Elgin butter. As result, three cream
cries are now in vicinity of College
several hand separators, two creamerie
in Noxubee county, one each at Ed
wards, Bolton. Madison Station, Her
nando, Woodville, Jackson two, an'
other places. These creameries can
not begin 70 supply the demand.
III.
The College is a bureau of agricul
tural information both for Mississippi
and other States, as shown by the larg
number of visitors, who come to ge
information and perfect plans for carry
ing on or embarking in diversiie'
farming, and to witness the objec
lessons at the College; also as shown b.
almost daily correspondence upon agri
culture, horticulture, stock breeding
and kindred subjects.
Nv.
Has demonstrated the success Of, an,
by example encouraged, diVersife,
farming in the State.
l. By showing practically how land
are restored to fertility BY renoyatini
crops.
! 2 By showing good effects of carefu
drainage in making lands on colleg
farm, which produced from ten I
twenty bushels Of corn per acre bcfor
purchase, now produce from fifty t
sixty bushels per acre.
8. Have demonstrated that land
which are too poor to grow remunera
tive crops Of cotton, corn or grain, ca
be made to pay by being used for stoc
and dairy purposes; and that tn
fertility is now being rapidly restore
to partially worn out lands on the Co
lege farm.
4. BY popularizing and bringing int
common use ensllage, which enable
farmers to make cattle raising MOI
profitable There are many silos !
Oktibbeha county and throughout th
State. patterned after the College silol
Give in number
8. By showing tho value of the didei
ent rations to be fed to cattle. for mill
butter and beef production, by con
biAing cotton-seed meal. etc, with th
different grasses raised in the State.
6. Have attracted the attentionof Ii
farmers to the fact that science Is II
basis Of the art Of agriculture.
V.
The College has directly or indlrectl
given impetus 10 several lines of agr
culture in the State, such rs diversifci
tion of crops, Improvement OF stock b
grading, cultivation Of more forag
crops. better preservation Of forag
crops by means Of silos, recuperatio
Of worn lands by means Of green crop
promotion of better system of drainag
and creamery business.
vi.
Miscellaneous practical results;
]. Have partially educated hundred
Of boys who are farmers, as managei
or owners.
| 2. Have reached a class who woul
have renamed without education Of an
kind besides that Of common school
8. Have graduates in responsib
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