New-York tribune., 1900-05-27
SCHOOL OF FARMING.
TIE SPLENDID OPPORTUNITIES TO BE
GIVEN AT BRIARCLIFF MANOR.

MI. LAWS GREAT FARM, ON AND NEAR WHICH
THE SCHOOL WILL BE CONDUCTED
When the promoters of the School of Practical
Agriculture and Horticulture looked about for
c spot wherein to establish the institution vari-
Gus places were suggested, but it was finally
agreed that Briarclif Manor, one of the most
beautiful parts of Westchester County would
be the most suitable. There about mid
way between Briarclif Manor station on the
Ne"-York and Putnam division of the New
York Central Railroad, and PleasantviIe on the
Harlem Railroad, the school will be established
II VIII be on a plateau overlooking the sixty-six
acres which have been acquired and also much
OF the land and many of the buildings on the
hi1dicliii farms, which will serve not only as a
beautlful picture, but inspiration for the
students.
Inc opJect Of the school is Ito train men and
women IN the methods of horticulture fori-
culture gardening, poultry raising and allied
branches, that they may become proficient in
the management of farms. estates greenhouses
and gardens, and may be able by thorough
knowledge of the science of the soil to make
the field, through intelligent and skiIful work
bring forth abundantly of its great wealth of
beauty and usefulness
The school will aim to raise the standard of
agricultural methods Practical instruction will
be given in the orchard, garden, greenhouse
poultry yard and dairy, and students will be
taught "how to overcome and not be overcome
by the many difficulties that beset agriculture"
The Briarclif Farms, owned by Walter w
Law, have been conducted for years with an
object in Yiew-the production of pure and good
food, with consideration first for the quality and
then Tor the quantity. There seems to be no
doubt IN the mind of Mr.. Law that the pur-
chasing pubic Is always ready to pay literally
Tor Il first class article, and. having that In
mind. his farm has been conducted on liberal
lines and is looked Ion rs a model Institution
The students at the new school will be sur
rounded by a pure atmosphere and a moral tone
which must prove advantageous.
brlarcnH Farms occupy a tract extending
about four miles north and south and about
thfee miles east and west in the heart
Oh the picturesque region of Westchester
county where its elevation above the sea is the
greatest. 1t lies between Tarrytown and Sing
Sing, in the midst of a highly developed region.
and near the part which overlooks the river in
the vicinity of Scarborough are the estates of
William Rockefeller Mrs. Elliott f. Shepard.
H. Walter Webb v. Everit Macy and James
Speyer The farm and the home Of Mr. Law
may be reached most conveniently by the Put
nam pranch. Near the pretty station is the
schoolhouse, and the well kept stone fences the
mara roads and the artistic cottages, half stone
and half wood, impress one at once with the idea
that the place is well cared for. The picture at
the first glance would give the visitor the i'm
preston that the place a summer residence
point but the wagons. filled with milk cans and
cases Of farm products, which may be seen on
the roads leading to the various railroad stations
show that the farm is a business instito.ion
The railroad tracks have been laid from the
main line to the farm, and by means of these