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general complete charge of all routine work in their respective depart- 

 ments, such as hiboratory instruction and the preparation of demon- 

 stration material for lectures, thus enal)ling the director or professor 

 to devote nearly his undivided time and energies to work of a higher 

 grade and to his own studies. The following statement gives the 

 number of assistants and janitors or unskilled lal)orers. in the Gottingen 

 Aoricultural Institute during the season of I'JOl: 



Departments!. 



Dairy laboratory '. 



Agricultural chemical laboratory 



Plant culture station 



Animal physiological station 



Veterinary department 



Agricultural bacteriological institute 



Total. 



a Three in winter. 



Assistants. 



fiNine in winter. 



Janitors or 

 laborers. 



10 



1 



1 



"9 

 2 



1 



1 



''15 



REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION. 



To be admitted as a student in the agricultural institute, as in all 

 other departments of the university, one must go through the formal- 

 ity of matriculation. Germans are matriculated when they are gradu- 

 ates of a gymnasium (high school) or have a similar preliminary 

 education, w hile for foreigners a diploma from a recognized college or 

 university is required. Some latitude as to preliminary education 

 required is allowed in admitting agricultural students, and oldin- farm- 

 ers, as well as others who wish to attend lectures, may be admitted as 

 Hospitanten or Horer (special students) almost without regard to 

 previous training. Several years of practical farm work are con- 

 sidered hiidilv desiral)le, and students are urged to come to the uni- 

 versity so equipped, but previous training in this line is not required. 

 A very large proportion of the agricultural students are the sons of 

 more or less well-to-do farmers, who have taken part in the farm work 

 when their school studies allowed it. and who expect to return to the 

 home farm on the successful completion of their universitv work; 

 others expect to seek positions as foremen on large estates, or as 

 teachers in the lower agricultural schools. 



COURSE OF STUDY. 



There is no rigid course of study oiiered in the agricultural institute, 

 nor is the duration of the course at all fixed; it is expected that the 

 required studies can be tinished in live or six semesters, but it depends 

 on the student himself whether or not he will present himself for 

 examinations after this time. The following studies are required in 

 the agricultural course as arranged at the present: History of agri- 

 culture; plant production, horticulture, plant diseases; animal hus- 



