Show COLUMBIA PlANNING O Of fAR NEW YORK TORK Dec 17 Columbia H. Columbia university uni uni- uni Is planning tho the establishment of ofa ofa a school of farming A committee committee com corn of or professors proCessors has hns been wrestling wr with the pr preliminary i u presented b by the plan announce that the theco co course r ic of oC study will lIt occupy occupy two years Classroom Instruction will wUl be bo given only onh from rom October 1 to April 1 tho remainder of the year being d devoted to work worl In the field firM For the purposes of otlie the tho school the committee corn com thinks tha t. t it will m be c necessary to acquire between 1000 and 2000 acres of land within a reasonable of or New York City To purchase to erect buildings and to stock block and equip tin the Institution will require about 1500 After tho the work has been or organized d and Is In running order ordel It Is la believed heIl ved that the Income from the farm will as assist assist as as- largely large In meeting expenses of or the tin work The committee believes that the financial finan nonn- cial returns for Or tho those o properly trained In agricultural work are so 80 laigo Jargo that man many persons who now struggle along on small salaries In tho the city may fc feel cl Impelled to study practical farming If the tho opportunity is presented to them |