The Somerset reporter., 1890-11-20
FARM. GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
The State College

Among the important meetings held 10
The State this year must be reckoned the
late meeting of the trustees of the State
College at Bangor, where the representa-
lives of the several agricultural bodies o.
the State appeared before them and ad.
vocatcd Il change in the methods, and the
Introduction of a special course in agri-
culture. That something is necessary to
check the tendencies of the present, and
popularize agriculture no one can doubt.
That this should be the special work OF
the State Agricultural College no one can
question, This has not been secured in
the past although most excellent work
has been accomplished in all the scient
nc courses.
The following gentlemen were present
at this meeting:
Pres. NJ. c. Fernald, of the college,
Pres. w. IL. Strickland, Of the Board of
Trustees, Gen. K b Shepherd, of Skow-
hegan, Hon Fred Atwood, of Winterport,
Hon. WIN. L. Haines of Watervllle Hon,
G.. Z. kAllen, OF Presque Isle, Hon. X.
AGlens Of Winthress, !. s. Moore, Esd, oi
Wattr,ille, ID. H. knowlton, Esq, OF
Pennington, OF HE State Pathological So
ciety, Secretary Il A. Gilbert, OF North
Greene, Is. Walker McKeen, Esq, OF
Fryeburg. of the State Board of Agr-
culture, Dir. G. M. Iwitchell, Lecturer OF
Me. State Grange, Prof. l. o. Winsow,
| of ST, Adams, and Hon. Rufus Prince, OF
South Turner, Master of the State Grange
and c. IL. Pope, Esq, of Manchester
| President of the State Pathological So
ciety.
President Strickland presided at the
meeting and called upon Secretary Gil
bert for the presentation Of his plan for
the recognition of the agricultural inter
ests, VI ich vas as follows:
THE PLAN IN DETAIL.
We respectfully come before you repre-
senting the agricultural community OF the
state for the purpose of asking of you,
that In the distribution of the new con
gressional grant to the State College,
agriculture shall receive at your hand the
full recognition rightfully belonging to
It. And furthermore, we would also lay
before you the scope of work in addition
to the present course, which we believe
pest calculated 10 meet the peculiar con-
ditions surrounding the interest we repre-
sent
We ask that there shall be established
Flrst--A Chair of Horticulture with
full profcssorship at its bead.
Second-A School of Dairying, with
thorough course both in the theory and In
The practice.
Third-AA school of general agriculture
so arranged In analytical order that IT
shall be measureably complete at any
stage of progress, yet embracing a course
of two years, and leading to an extension
meeting the full wants In time and pro-
yress of the individual pursuing 1T.
The school dairying will call for model
Illustrative work In butter making and In
cheese making, and with the latest and
most approved appliances. The students
should take an active part in all the pro-
cesses Of manipulation Accompanying
this practical work should be course Of
lectures on milk and its composition, and
the requirements involved In It's produc.
ton. This school should be complete in
itself and independent Of all other de
artments.
The school of general agriculture should
he strictly agricultural In its curriculum
save The important accompaniment of tn,
English language.
School of farming would call for the
accompaniment of illustrative work on the
isDd and ia the barns, That work mus,
be model work. Model work Is costly
Hence this plan would call for a measur,
Of money, expenditure is AS essential ard
legitimate as that in the laboratory or
drawing room.
The scheme thus set forth would call
Tor:
Tristan efficient professor of Horti.
culture and skilled aud experienced
Hortict lturalist.
Second-Lecturers in dairying and
operators In the manufacturing rooms.
Third-Two professors In the school OF
agriculture.
Fourth-A head farmer.
Fifth-A spare professor, much OF
whose time should be spent in public
manner, at public farmers meetings. as q
lecturer, aud In attracting attention to the
institution.
marks, Gen Shepherd said that he con.
sldered that the plan which had been
presented would be move In the righi
direction.
The several gentlemen present present.
cd their reasons for asking the change.
Mr.. Winslow of St. Adams, the represen
tative of the State Grange upon the Ad.
visory Board at the Station said, she
though that the criticisms upon the work
o. the college were due to ignorance OF
the results obtained there and he thought
It most desirable that the interest Of the
farmers and the college be brought more
closely together, 80 that instead OF criti-
clsing, all the farmers would be ready to
stand up for and help the college. HI
advocated more practical basis Of agri
cultural teaching, and thought there wa
no danger Of too much attention to II,
considering thAt one-half the funds re
ceived could be expended for agricultural
instruction probably. He also though,
that the two years course would be Jus,
what was needed"
DR.. Twitchell of Fairfield, Lecturer OF
the Maine State Grange, who 10 devotinp
bis whole time to agricultural work sale
THAT the study Of agriculture ives an im.
Portant one, and that to populsrize 1t thu
state College must DO looked 70, Farmers
bed said TO him that there u no money ip
farming. bot be thought that this state Of
aahiFs would b changed II farming should
o mads more Interesting and practical
through iustsuction. Il % necesesrv 70
snow ~ boys that there ID somethips r,
9 gained II agricultural pursuits whsr.
ueney condpoted. ConbIpetions and
! 9e1esasea ass Aamning ths farmer Il
| p evc94 hasd, asd ~ way OF nuot b
n - lhroegh,s noss ooaplste educs.
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