[Rarebooks] FS: PROSPECTUS for the Massachusetts School of Agriculture, 1858

[Bob Petrilla]

French, Asa. MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE: List of Officers....
Boston: J.H. Eastburn's Press, 1858. First Edition. 8pp. Old vertical
crease.  9.5" x 5.75" Very Good. Original Wraps.
This prospectus centers on the need for an ag school in Massachusetts in
order to prepare young men for careers in farming, much as other colleges
prepare them for other careers. "...It is proposed to solicit bequests and
donations throughout the State, to obtain the means of purchasing suitable
lands, and erecting the necessary buildings for a school or schools, where
in addition to the usual branches of a sound but simple American education,
the pupils shall be taught, in a practical manner, the best methods of
husbandry adapted to the soil and climate...."  The officers and trustees
of the proposed school are listed, with Asa French as recording secretary.
WorldCat locates only the NYPL copy of this pamphlet. Some writers on the
subject see this as the beginning of agricultural education in the US.
$60.00


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