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Aushiji, is Ix'i'c. «iiv(Mi. Tln' iiisiiiutioii ollci's courses in aj^roiioniy, 

 forcstrx , and nirnl ciiiiiiu'crini.'". and a study ol" the topics iiicnLioncd 

 below is uivcn lo all students: 



Cou«litiill)>ii <iii<f iitbit'miKlr<ttimi. — The Stiite of Austria-llungarv. Adiiiinistnitiuii 

 of general and local interest.^. Administrative jurisdiction. 



Civil riffhtx. — Civilians and oHit-iais. PropiTty an<l mortgage. (Jontrairts. Caution. 

 Defenses. Civil jurisiliction of Austria. 



Adiiiiiilfilnilire 7-i(jlils. — Police. Administration and population. rtoinTty trans- 

 fer: In.separable I'states, division, inheritance, etc. Water. Mutuality. Roads. 

 Railroads. Credit. Associations. Forests. Hunting and fishing. Fields and birds. 

 Insects. Agricultural education. Rights of tiie poor. 



Finances. — Receipts and expenditures, liudgets. Demands <jf the State. Imposts 

 and contributions. Custom-houses. The credit of the State. Contraction and 

 extinction of debts. 



The different topics in tlie course are cli.scussed iind practical cases 

 are examined. riie students are recjuired to draw up contracts and 

 other le^al documents. 



Political ecoiiomij. — Preliminary topics. Principal tendencies <jf ])olitical economy. 

 Forms of j)rivate and colle(;tive economy. History of j)oiiticaI economy and its 

 theories from antiijuity to the present day. Theories of values. Wealtli and its 

 estimation. The factors of production. Organization of j)roduction. Prices, monop- 

 olies, exchange, money. Credit — titles, banks, exchanges, paper money. Trans- 

 portation. Commerce. Distribution of wealth. Socialism. Consumption of wealth. 



Political economij applied to agricultural statistics. — F^conomics in general — their 

 object, their tendencies, their foundations. Economics of production: Agricultural 

 economics (legislation, agricultural credit, mutuality, instruction, public improve- 

 ments) ; economics of forestry, mines, industries, and commerce. F^conomics of 

 population. Statistics: Small and large farms; division and restriction of the same; 

 relative importance of various agricultural products. 



Labor and social reform. — Historical valuation of labor; division of labor; liberty of 

 labor, etc. Conditions of industrial and agricultural la))ors from an economical and 

 social standpoint. Social questions arising from conditions of labor. The most 

 important social theories. What is social reform? Results obtained. 



The most important questions in connection with these different 

 })ranches are discussed 1)\' the students in class w'ork. 



The subject of rural economy proper is tauoht in the course in 

 ag-ronoujy. Jn teachino- the subject the principal object is to present 

 methods for the oroanization and direction of a certain farm or estate 

 under oiven, natural, and economic conditions. 



General tojiii-s. — Object of rural economy. F'actors of agricultural produ(;tion. 

 Soil. Capital invested. Capital for running expen.<es. Labor. Laborers and other 

 agents. Methods of management and system of farming. 



Special topics. — Organization of an agricultural estate— estimates, systematizing, etc. 

 Management, with a study in detail of the books to be kei)t, either in single or 

 double entry. Taxation. 



The exercises in connection with this .study consist in estimating the 

 value of certain estates, calculating the commercial value of fertilizers 

 and feeds, planning rotations, outlining the production of estates, 



