Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-02-16
EDUCATED FARMERS.
T. III, Wheatley of State Agricultural Col
lego Speal<s at south Lond onderrY.


lego Speaks at south Londonderry.
Tue State Board of Agriculture held a
farmers institute at South Londonderry, in
Windham county, on Tuesday and Wednes-
day of last week. Among the speakers was
Mr.. r. II. Wheatev OF the senior class Of
tho University OF Vermont, who spoke on
"Our Agricultural College" Mr.. Wheatley
has been q student in the college now for
nearly four years, and knew whereof he
spoke. He said that one of the richest lega-
cies which could be bestowed upon boy
was to be born of good parest is on Yer
mont farm, and that the legacy might be
advantaseously put to interest by an agri-
cultural education in our Vermont Agricul-
tural college.
Some of the features of the course of
studies which is pursued by the agricultural
students are chemistry, Il clear Eno Wedge
OF which is essential to the proper compre-
henson of other lines of agricultural study:
plant growth and botany, which are taught
by lectures and laboratory work with the
microscope, and which include all species
from the lowest orders such as yeasts to the
highly organized Towering shrubs; mathe-
MATES pure and applied, with algebra, ge-
ometry, trignometry, dwelling, surveying,
mechanical drafting, physics and mechanics,
ETC.. all Of importance in shilling the
mind aud eye; English and hygiers,
veterinary science and practice, including
the anatomy and physiology OF our domes-
tic animals with their diseases, shown by
lectures, clinics, at the college and &C
| tual visitation to and operation on diseased
animals; bacterology, the study OF germs,
| these minute bodies, some u which are OF
such vast use to mankind aud many of
which are the cause Of disease and death.
Stock breeding and feeding aud agriculture
in general are taught with such works as
Stewards, Armsby's Unter's aud Slower.
for text books shopwork including carpsn.
try, wocd turning, pattern making, forge
and foundry work, zoology, entomology
geology and host of other studies, al
bearing directly upol the why's and where
fores of agricultural operations. MOI
should we forget the dairy school, which
teaches the hand ing aud testing of milk
butter making, and the use of tao lates
and most improved dairy apparatus.
This is an educational table to whic,
anyone may come and welcome. The Stat
Agricultural college opens its doors to al
who can pass its entrance examination, an,
offers not only n liberal course of study I'm
der compstent instruction, but tho use o
we'll equipped buildings, libraries, museum
and apparatus
Boys leave tho farm largely because o
want Of res ect for their calling, and if b,
education they learn the dignity of it. it
true worth, the reasons for what they do
there will DO less anxiety on this score an
less desire to abandon the old homestead
AS young man aud agricultural student
speaking to young men, | would urge then
to put study into their calling, whatever
is and IL it bs agriculture, TO search into il
secrets, to come TO Burlington and GU
agricultural college and heartily beiiev
that oil will he helped and strengthened b
the connection.