[Rarebooks] FS: Start of Agricultural Education in the US?

[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 condition in original printed wrappers.

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.  Some writers on the subject see this as the
beginning of agricultural education in the US.  [WorldCat locates only the
NYPL copy of this pamphlet.  The AAS has one as well.]   $75.00

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