Agricultural Education

Tlio man vvho expocts tliafc font ycirs' conrseof stuily inau Agrien 1 1 iral College will flt Itim for á practical farmer, is ;rcail y mistaken. One oí' i lio mos) sensible statements on ihc subjiïftt tliat wc have rooontly met ia one made Co!. (.'. S. Chase it, tlio Nebraskn State Waiv last fall. JIo sakl : '"lOiliu; ii iin iuevery brancii ot' the avts hihI Rcienucs, trados an.l professions is vüliiablc only as it is purKiii'il 'iviih tl ie iiileaüoii of acquiring kitowlodgc tbr tlie nctual lienelltsit coiifern, - ttie advamaije il gives ts poa osáoi' over tliose w.Jio Ir;v. i secured ii. T!i3 nioilei'ii incllmd of j Rtllllyill;; i":l l-ili i ! l ;" I IfuUjrll tllU ' ii ii) of books, aml liy Uie aid of iirotessoiij so-i'nllfid. snll woM. prav'ntcd Llio j slii.icnt, his beun :i .imcI.,i-;lI cultivator of tlie so 1, bo Lhal lie ciiiiApinoiate ' lh(J tillbjcct iijniii wliicli his ! noirrlus :uv c,i.-;i!..l. Aml it 111 ty b of IIHlcIl Kcrvice to the mui wlio nt'iorwimls bccuiue-', nol in n unc: only, but in tact, furiiKü'. B'or i mere grut hint e of mi Agricultura] CoHcjjo lo 8Upoo, i less he Iws been a pmctic:il fitrmor, workin.i; wiih bis hands, lliat lio has gatliered tVoin b.Kiks, or tUii ti-uinin oi' tutuiM, uu; noectsary knovlode to ! eniibie Ii ii ii l.o Kiiucc4sfully mindiict in ordinary farm, ia siiuply m-cpostort)il-. W'liilc lio h:is ;i.(]iiircd ;i klliJW'lédue of cheniislry and of tlio nature of soils, and tltoii' relaiion to vegewble gi'owth, and nmy liave couliniicd bis i'osoaiohoá uut il lic eau iiiisvvei' :ibtnise questions as to ilio aflinuies existing boiwoon vc;ci ition fuid aiiiiiml duvelopiiioiii, siill iiu will find, if he c-oiicludcs from ibis tact that he c:ui run a faifn, tii; i he is sadly miwaken. Of all tlie cal linys io wiiich man has ever UiriK'd lus atieuiion, fanuKij; ivijiiiix's the most actual ptaciicai 8i_inence. The custoui in the New tSnglaud iSuitcs, in ihc olden time, as it is said, of seiiding tlio dull boys of lbo fumily to collcjfo, and putting tlie bright ones to work on the farm, was a sensiblfl one. A boy of ordinar miud can be educa ted 10 the stand inl ot' llie eo-called leariio.l professious, or to follow the routine of the professoi'a cliair, but it takes a brighí brain and au euergetio hand lo so nianajc tlie soil as to uiMke il a willins, Droiitablc servan L -