This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
We have received a circular, setting forth the objects and plans of this Institution, and take pleasure in commending them to public notice:
To place within the reach of Farmery both old and young, the means o acquiring a thorough and practical acquaintance'with all those branches of Science which have direct relations to Agriculture.
It is proposed to give Courses of Lectures during the winter months, on all the several departments of Agricultural Science, each principal division being assigned to a different Lecturer, and systematically presented in the same manner, as Medical Science is taught in Medical Colleges.
It is adapted to meet the wants of the present as well as of the rising generation. It is proposed to occupy only the winter months, when the farmer himself, or his sons, may best spare the time.
It presents a view of the whole field of the Soiences connected with Agriculture, in the shortest period of time, and therefore makes their acquisition possible to multitudes who could not attend Universities, or even Schools on experimental forms.
The branches taught will embrace whatever pertains to Animals, Vegetables, Land or Labor. Lectures. - Jama Dascomb, M. B. - Chemistry, in all its applications to Soils, Manures, Animal and Vegetable Life, and the Domestic Arts, Ac.
Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, with special reference to the feeding and breeding of Stock; History and Description of Domestic Animals in their several varieties; Veterinary Medicine and Surgery; Entomology.
Geology and Mineralogy; Botany, Descriptive and Physiological with special reference to the history and habitudes of Plants cultivated in the Garden and Orchard, or in the Field - the various modes of Culture, and Soils adapted to each.
Natural Philosophy; Agricultural Mechanics; Farm Implements; Meteorology; Elements of Engineering and Land Surveying; Rural Architecture; Landscape Gardening, and Farm Book-keeping.
A Reading Room, supplied with the principal Agricultural Periodicals, will be open to students at all hours. They will also have access to an extensive Library.
For the entire Course, $40. Board and rooms may be obtained at $2 per week, exclusive of fuel and lights. Letters of a business character may be addressed to Dr. J. Dasoomb, Oberlin, Ohio.
 
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