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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



States and couuties were represented 



Allegan 3 



Alpena 1 



Baraga .- 1 



Barry 8 



Berrien 9 



Branch — 5 



Calhoun — 4 



Cass 1 



Charlevoix __ 1 



Clinton 6 



Eaton 7 



Emmet — 1 



Genesee. - -.. 1 



Gratiot 1 



Hillsdale 3 



Huron 1 



Ingham ^3 



Ionia... 9 



Jackson 3 



Kalamazoo 4 



Kent.- 5 



Lapeer 1 



Leelanaw 1 



Lenawee 5 



Livingston - 6 



Macomb 1 



Manisteee 2 



Menominee 1 



Muskegon 1 



Oakland 8 



bv students as follows: 



Ottawa 1 



Shiawassee 5 



St. Joseph 5 



Van Buren 8 



Washtenaw - 3 



Wayne 3 



Total 147 



FROM OTUER COUKTKIES AND STATES. 



California 1 



Connecticut 3 



Dakota 1 



District of Columbia 1 



England.. 1 



Illinois 3 



Indiana 3 



Japan , 1 



Louisiana 1 



Massachusetts 1 



New York. 5 



Ohio 5 



Oregon 1 



Pennsylvania 3 



South Carolina 1 



Texas 1 



Vermont 1 



Total.... 31 



The average age of the various classes was as follows : Seniors, 21 years 7 

 months; Juniors, 21 years 7 months; Sophomores, 21 years 2 months; Fresh- 

 men, 23 years ; Specials, 22 years 8 months. 



COURSE OF STUDY. 



The course of study has undergone important changes, by which Seniors are 

 permitted each term to select three out of five studies. This is a step toward 

 enabling students to secure a more thorough knowledge of some chosen branch 

 of science or of practice. The course in Veterinary has been extended from a 

 half term to three whole terms. This time is still insufficient to make a Vet- 

 erinary Surgeon, but is sufficient to give a farmer such a knowledge as the 

 best of them would like to possess, without pretension to the thoroughness of 

 the professional man. 



The courses in the various departments have been enlarged to as great an 

 extent as the officers in charge thought that they had time and strength to 

 warrant additions. A half term in Botany and Forestry, a term of instruction 

 in Agricultural Engineering, a term in Quantitative Analysis, for which new 

 and beautiful rooms have just been fitted up, an additional term in Horticul- 

 ture, and the Veterinary already mentioned are the additions to the course. 



