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is essentially the main domain of the tiller of the soil, and will 

 constitute a special department of the Division of Agriculture. 

 The Department of Animal Husbandry, embracing everything 

 pertaining to the judging, selection, breeding, feeding, develop- 

 ment, care and management of various breeds of domesticated 

 animals, will also undertake the special work outlined above. The 

 Department of Horticulture and Forestry will ofifer excellent 

 opportunities for the observation and study of these branches of 

 agriculture. For this purpose 5000 square feet of greenhouses 

 and forty acres of orchards and gardens are in cultivation, ena- 

 bling the student to observe varieties, modes of culture and the 

 adaptability to local soil and climatic conditions. The work of 

 the Dairy Department is designed to give a knowledge of the 

 science and practice of dairying. The course will fit students to 

 become instructors, investigators and inspectors, managers of 

 dairy establishments, cheese factories, creameries, market milk 

 plants and condenseries. It will cover the economic production 

 of milk and the processes relating to the marketing of butter. 

 Attached to the division will also be an Agricultural Experiment 

 Station to investigate questions having a practical relation to suc- 

 cessful agriculture. The experimental investigation will involve 

 the study of various fodders, grasses and grains, the methods of 

 their cultivation and improvement, the moisture and fertility of 

 the soil, the feeding of domestic animals, the problems of butter 

 and cheese making, bacteriological investigation, fruit growing, 

 spraying, fertilizing and pruning. A course of veterinary medi- 

 cine will also afford opportunities for the study of anatomy, phar- 

 macy, bacteriology, histology and pathology, in relation to the 

 comprehensive science of agriculture. A full course at the Iowa 

 State College should be of inestimable worth to a youth purpos- 

 ing to engage in the practice of any one of the various branches 

 of husbandry. The State of Iowa is by no means alone in the 

 facilities which it oilers to the prospective farmer, and in its 

 recognition of the importance to the welfare and stability of the 

 country of this member of the body politic. 



THE NEW LAWS. 



Following the policy of keeping its readers in close touch with 

 events of agricultural interest in the Territory, the Forester be^ 

 gins this month to print the Acts passed at the present session 

 of the Territorial Legislature that have to do with agriculture 

 in one or another of its many phases. Editorial comment on 

 certain of the new laws may be looked for in subsequent issues. 



