THE WISCONSIN FARMER.



No. different persons employed In teaching
durung the year,.........................
No. pupls rogistered wint r term,...........
          se- r"amer" .....
Whole o. ds attendance or pupils wint term
   44    44    "     s   sumtmer s
         4 * '4'~    *   during ) r,
Whole no. pupils attending during the year,
No. childreu under 4 who have attended school
     o er2O ,       ''
No. seire- Rod p ivate schoos...............
No. pupils a kt ding them ................
Average wag-s p'd maxk teachers witnUr term
               female  '
         *    male    "  summer *
   S    *-     L-m ate*    *-  *-
Eiate tund appnrtioi ad during they or .....
Tax leat. d by vu tj boards,...............
Tax lvied by t.w.w......................
Ditiarlet 8IcX  f r  acrhers' wge...........
          A",r schol houses.............
          fr r map-, charts and apparatus,
          f*  r o.hur s urposes .



    1 eo_
  149,71154
  us, 00
  6,ttt ,S90
  4ctlt,94lt
10,81771,12
  191 aee
    2 4b)
    2,i 49
    119
    2.049
  $26 45
    16 at
    28 19
    1  8,4
149.801 v0
128,3 17 06
6. teze 70
349,3e7a 00
81,1ii el
296- 61
84i069 OJ



     Total school taxes raised .............. $703,262 62
No, stone school houses .....................  16t
No. lc.*t        ..  ................... bic
No. fri me '   ". ...................    2324
No. log        ...     ..................     1,227
     Total number school houses, ..........  8,9J9
No. sites c ntuling les than one acre .......  3.111
   " U oeclo-cl .......................  2,969
No e-hool bhuses wiltout blackboards ,..    i
   "  *- '4        outlinemape....... - 2 849
Total vWastion of school houses .  f 1,2-6 85: 00
Et ghrst valuatitouut any ose school hou e,..  121.0J 00
Lewest     .      4      *4   .   ..       ti
Average value of schnol houses ............  S22 us
No. istrktt lilt)-rs .......................  81'
No. vulum.sl. sfie .832. 8t s
         tur hnsed this year .............  1,050
     l luon  ed   hi   , y r . ..............a 2r .71

         Farmers, Educate Your onsn!

  We have ever thought, that if there was a
profession in the world of which a man had a
just right to be proud, it was that of the farm-
er; and yet no class in the community place
so low an estimate upon their calling as tarm-
era themselves.  Why is this?   Ilas the idea
that mere physical force is the only essential
qualification of the man who tills the earth,
obtained such a bold of the minds of our peo-
ple, that the thought of ever placing agricul-
ture in a lofuier position has been utterly aban-
doned? We hope not; andyet with many this
appears to be the case. Is it not lamentable.
in an age like ours, that any such absurd and
positively injurions notions should prevail ?
Who is prepared to estimate the pecuniary loss-
es actmulty suittained by the encouragement of
such nonsense?    Millions upon millions are
annually lost by the cultivation of too much
land, the over-rtocking of farms, errors in the
rotation of crops. the entire abandonment of
farm sccounts, the ignoring of all improved
implements, &c.  When will all farmers awake
to a true sense of their own interests? When
wilt they. as a unit, resolve to place their pro-
fession where it deserves to stand, at the very
head and front? Why should it not? Wtat
other profession involves so much of the sci



entific as well at the practical? What brnch of
science is not more or less intimately connected
with, and what profession holds out so many
inducements to tbe man of inquiring mind-
to the observer and admirer of nature's works,
and to him who, if he have no higher object,
seeks to amass afortune? Nonethatwe know
of, that way be called legitimate. Why, then,
farmers, will you not one and all impi ove the
golden opportunities so freely afforded you?
Why not educate your sons to believe that the
calling of the farmer is ennobling and remu-
nerative, if it be but intelligently pursued?
Point them to the men, who, discarding the
pernicious ideas already referred to, have enter-
ed upon the great work of placing agriculture
in its proper position.
  Have they not earned a reputation which
will live when the ephemeral notoriety of pol-
iticians and speculators will have passed from
the mind of the world? Bustle and Skinner,
Downing and Wilder, Bartram and Peters, all
hold a high place in the hearts of the lovers of
agriculture and horticulture-a place which
can never be usurped.  Educate your sons to
love this, profession of their fathers, and you
will confer a blessing not only upon them, but
upon the world at large.-Farmer t- Gardeter.

    Agricultural College in Pennsylvania.

  We are pleased to learn through a letter and
accompanying documents from Dr. Evan Pugh,
President, that the Agricultural College of
Pennsylvania is in a prosperous condition.
  This institution was incorporated in 18656,
but owing to a variety of embarassments-
chiefly a lack of money-did not open until
1869. It was based upon a fund made up of
donations from citizens to the amount of over
$50,000, with an appropriation of an equal
amount from the State, and the buildings were
erected upon lands, in Centre county, gener-
ously donated by Gen. James Irwin. For a
time after it opened its success appeared some-
what doubtful, but its numerous friends perse-
vered, and, in spite of all impediments, it has
continued to increase and strengthen, Po that
last year there were 110 pupils in attendance,
with a graduating class of 17.
  The late munificent grant of lands will give
it a new sji etua, place it upon a firm foundation
and give a new impulse to the cause of Indus-
trial Education in the great xeystone State.
Dr. Pugh and his worthy colleagues have our
warmest congratulations and our beet wishes.



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