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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



MICROSCOPE. 



The microscope used for the 

 study of micro-organisms is com- 

 pound and capable of enlarging 

 the object about one thousand 

 times. [It must not be thought 

 for a moment that the more a 

 microscope magnifies the better 

 it is. The real value of a micro- 

 scope is not determined in this 

 way.] To enter into a discus- 

 sion of the different parts of a 

 compound microscope and its 

 relation to the study of bacteria 

 would be making a futile effoit 

 in this connection. The pur 



i!ig. IB. Couipouud Microscope. 



