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Experiments. 



Forty-tlirfte acres of the 550 owned by the College have been laid 

 out in small plots ; and a series of experiments with cereals, roots, 

 o-rasses, manures, and various modes of cultivation and management, 

 is regularly and systematically carried on from year to year. Desides 

 the field experiments, others in the feeding of live stock are made, to 

 test the several breeds of animals and the comparative values of differ- 

 ent kinds of feed. 



Live Stock. 



The equipment in live stock is also fairly good. There are seven 

 breeds of cattle, four of sheep, and thrpe of swine, kept from year to 

 year, that the students may acquire a broad and thoroughly practical 

 knowledge of this important branch of farming; and to this end, are 

 provided not only the animals, but alsD a special cluss room and a live- 

 stock pavilion fo- practical demonstrations in the handling and judg- 

 ing of cattle, sheep and swine. Practical work in these rooms is car- 

 ried on by the Professor of Agriculture and his Assistant systemati- 

 cally throughout the fall and winter terms, and at such other times as 

 may be necessary. 



Carpenter Shop. 



There is a large carpenter shop, provided with benches and tools for 

 plain work and general repairs In this shop students are taught the 

 use of carpenter's tools, and are shown how to do such work as is com- 

 monly needed on a farm. Under this head, they ma}' learn many 

 things that will be of use to them in after life. 



Veterinary Department. 



This department is furnished with a skeleton of a horse and a full 

 supply of the bones of ordinary farm animals for illustration of the 

 veterinary lectures; and the live-stock class-room is used by the vete- 

 rinary surgeon for demonstrations in " practical horse," that is, for 

 handling horses in the presence of the class, judging them by point-, 

 examining them as to soundness and freedom from blemishes, ad- 

 ministering medicine, and showing students how to perform various 

 surgical operations, &c. A large amouat of valuable work on these 

 lines is done every year ; and when an animal dies from disease or 

 injury, it is dissected and the cause or causes of death sought for and 

 pointed out in the presence of the students. 



Poultry 

 In the Poultry Department there are good buildings and yards, 

 constructed according to the most approved plans and furnished with 

 incubators, brooders, and everything else required for convenience and 

 efficient work in the management of poultry. The stock in the build- 

 ing consists of 25 varieties of hens, representing 15 or 16 breeds, 

 which are kept for breeding, for illustrating the lectures on poultry, 

 and for practical instruction of the students sent to the department 

 from day to day. 



The Dairy. 

 The Dairy Department is fully equipped with men, buildings, and 

 appliances for giving instruotion in milk -testing, butter-making, 



