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legislation. Does not such n power
and responsibility justly demand Of the
farmers, that they should raise the
standard of education among them.
selves, until agriculture shall not only
be, as it really is, but shall be spoken
OF, as one of the s'liberai' professions :?
Is there any reasonable cause why,
with moderate outlay, farmers
should not be as we'll instructed in the
useful sciences, and be as extensively
informed upon matters OF general in.
terest, even while pursuing their daily
avocations, as persons Of other profess
sions?


A proper beginning in early life.
and the steady devotion Of single
hour Of the long winter evenings 10
mental pursuits, will soon bring up a
race Of educated farmers, who will
make themselves no less respected
and felt in the political and moral
movements ofthe age, than their Ia.
bors upon their farms will become
more profitable, as the details of their
pursuit are the more systematised and
economised under the application of
reason and useful knowledge. In this
way, improved education will bring
not only an ample harvest ofinhuence
but Of that visible and substantial re.
turn-in the form Of increased wealth.
which would be one of the. most con-.
vincing proofs Of the practical utility
Of more thorough education.