434 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, 



List of articles prepared by students and sent to the Columbian Exposi- 

 tion at Chicago, 1893. To wit: For the college exhibit: 



One horse dissected and mounted in the standing position, showing the 

 superficial muscles on one side and the deep seated ones on the other, also 

 the parts affected in such diseases asLaminitis or Founder, Navicular dis- 

 ease or coflBn joint lameness, bog spavin, curb, Sweeney, and many others. 



One natural skeleton of the horse. 



cow. 

 sheep. 

 " " " " hog. 



A natural skeleton is one in which the bones are held together by their 

 natural ligaments, and not by wires, or artificial ones, as is the case with 

 the ordinary skeleton of commerce. To prepare the natural skeleton the 

 bones have to be cleaned by manual labor, which requires much time and 

 care, as well as a knowledge of anatomy to prevent injury or destruction of 

 parts which should be left in tact. Ten models of horses mouths made in 

 plaster paris were also prepared. These models were made from moulds taken 

 from living animals whose ages were matters of record, and were for the pur- 

 pose of showing the changes which take place in the teeth from one year old 

 up to ten, a number of other models were also rbade from dead horses, which 

 presented some peculiar feature that was interesting to reproduce for the 

 purpose of illustration. 



In. addition to the above the department was asked to prepare a veteri- 

 nary exhibit to be shown in the agricultural building in an alcove of the 

 co-operative exhibit of the agricultural colleges and experiment stations of 

 the United States, and for this purpose a second horse was dissected and 

 prepared in similar manner to the one for our college display and the mod- 

 els of horses teeth were duplicated. 



CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT. 



List of Michigan soils exhibited by the chemical department of the 

 M. A. C. at Columbian Fair, Chicago, 1893. 



WHEAT SOILS. 



1. Lenawee County, | River Raisin bottoms. 

 3. Burr Oak lands, Saline, Washtenaw County. 

 g" „ " ' ( CJass County. 



6. Midland, Midland County. 



7. Garden soil, ^ 



8. Vineyard, f Agricultural College. 



9. Field No. 8, ) 



