Punch,  7 (1844), 93.

Agricultural College

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Agriculture, Education, Class, Colleges, Mathematics


    Suggestions for the organisation of the imminent 'College of Agriculture'. These include professorial chairs in such subjects as 'new-laid eggs', lectures on 'the philosophy of making hay while the sun shines', degrees of 'Bachelors of Barley', and examination questions such as 'Find the square root of a stick of horse radish'.



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