The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1889-04-18

OF -, -0U, lOur professors Sl, wv eaCn' '
two graduates $1,000 each; four $500
each, and so Oh.
5. In drawing boys from the rural
districts. and in excess OF those $50
considcrcdj brighter boys. destined By
their parents for the ''so-calIed learned
professions"
6. Have made labor honorable
throughout the State in the eyes ol
hundreds Of young men who have at
tended the College, and in the eyes OF
hundreds of others, with whom these
students have been associated, who
were not able to attend college.
I, In giving students proper idea OF
the value Of labor by requiring them 10
labor during their college days. .-..
8. Graduates and others who have at
tended the College for more than one
year have generally left it with n spirit
of seIfreliance and aptitude for work Of
some kind.
8. Have created demand in the
State, and out, for students to fill
positions as teachers, managers Of
farms and creameries. professors and
instructors in other agricultural expert
ment stations.
II. The College has been an n-
calcuable blessing to certain class Of
farmer boys, who are very backward in
their studies and yet too far advanced
in age to be willing to attend the
neighborhood schools, if they have any.
Large numbers OF such boys, or young
men, each year enter the preparatory
department, and there receive the
benefit Of good common school edUca-
ton, and il addition, an insight into
the elementary principles of agricul
turc, as taught and illustrated in the
class theoretically and on the farm
practically. Many are thus induced TO
continue the course in the higher classes
Of the College. But even those who 90
no further return to their homes far
better prepared tian they otherwise
would have been for lives OF usefulness
and happiness.
II. BY means OF Farmers Institutes,
(forty-sIx in numbcr,) held under tho
auspices of the College, the representa-
tive farmers Of nearly every section of
the State have been brought into
sympathy and cooperation with the
College. III improving the present system
of agriculture. Valuable information
is thereby spread broadcast throughout
the State, and y desire for improved
machinery, better varieties of seed.
better breeds of stock, better forage
plans, etc, is stimulated, and the OK.
perIenCe of successful farmers have
been brought out,
These are some Of .ho results as
see them. 1t is likely they nay be
colorcd 4 little highly, but l believe
them TO be true. The College has made
mistakes and will continue to make
them, no doubt, but the management
IS true and loyal to the agricultural in
terests of the State, and will correct
errors as discovered or pointed out. !
ask the farmers of Mississippi to be
patient, to visit and inspect the College.
The work ngs of the College have been
approved BY every committee of farm
ers who have visited it, Among them
two committees Of the State Grange; the
Oktibbeha County Alliance; bv = COM
mttee OF South Carolina farmers, sent
by convention OF farmers and who
spon, a week at the College; by Com
missioner ofiAgricullure CONAN. who
visited it; by numerous correspondents
sent specially to report, and | believe
Will be, by any committee OF farmers
in Mississippi or elsewhere, who will
visit us and take the timo to examine
our workings. 5. d. LHK.