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Farm mcuiayement.—ln general, whether extensive or intensive. Different Hy.steui.s 

 of numagenient. Field <>peration^J. Live stork — horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and 

 poultry. Organization. Refmrts on (•<mditioii of farm or estate. Plans for improve- 

 ments and their execution. Plans of management and their fulfillment. Maintenance 

 of the farm. Ordering and controlling ordinary business transactions. Keeping 

 accounts. 



Rural law. — Leases. Purposes of leases. Time. Rent. Mutual rights and obliga- 

 tions of one j)arty to the other during time of lease. Leasable {iroperty — buildings, 

 ground, fields, gardens, yards, and privileges. Purchases made by the lessee, 

 ^laterial left to him for use without financial consideration. Material reserved by 

 the lessor. New conditions affecting the lease, such as sales, purchases, trades, partial 

 annulment by mutual understanding, etc. Accidents. Industrial improvements. 

 Personal relations. 



Entering upi>n the leaw. — Turning over the property at termination of lease. Gen- 

 eral and special stipulations. Assurance of fulfillment of terms of contract by both 

 I)artie8. 



Sijateins of agriculture. 



Theory uf organizing estates. 



The lectures on economics in the agricultural courses at the Uni- 

 versity of Halle treat in general of political economy; the science of 

 finance; agricultural statistics; and agricultural, commercial, and ad- 

 ministrative law. The knowledge gained from the course of lectures 

 is applied by the students in work undertaken in an economic seminar 

 which is under the direction of the profes.sor of political econoni}", 

 who also teaches the subject of agricultural statistics. This economic 

 seminar is a feature of the universit}' in general, its membership being 

 composed of all students in economics, whether giving special atten- 

 tion to rural economics or to some other phase of the subject. The 

 course as a whole is supplemented by lectures on State laws, consti- 

 tutional rights, and politics, for the purpose of instructing the students 

 in the duties of citizenship. These supplemental courses cover in 

 general the field of civil government. 



The cour.se in economics given in the agricultural institute of the 

 University of Konigsberg includes lectures on the following subjects: 

 Political econoni}-, financial science, political importance of European 

 and other nations, German colonial policy, money standards, German 

 and Pru.ssian civil law, inheritance and rights of succession in Prussia, 

 German penal laws, history of German jurisprudence, Prussian admin- 

 istrative law, civil code of the Empire, and legislation pertaining to 

 insurance. 



A chair of economics was permanentl}' established in the agricul- 

 tural school at flohenheim in 1873. Prior to that time lectures on 

 economic subjects had been given by the secretary of the institution. 

 The course as outlined at the establishment of the chair included, in 

 addition to theoretical political economy, the consideration of economic 

 conditions of practical and scientific tendencies with which provinces, 

 States, and countries have to deal. It was further considered neces- 

 sary to treat such current problems as socialism and the many other 



