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11. Animal anatomy and physiology. 



12. Elements of veterinary medicine : (a) pathology and pathological anatcjmy ; (b) ma- 

 teria medica ; (c) veterinary clinic. 



13. lyivestock : (a) external structure of animals ; (b) general science of livestock ; (c) ap- 

 plied 20otechny ; {d) forage and rational feeding of cattle ; (e) poultry-keeping, bee-keeping 

 and silkworm-rearing. 



14. Farm engineering : («) surveying, levelling, general meclianics, agricultural mechanics 

 (agricultural machinery and motors) ; (b) hydraulics (irrigation, drainage, etc.) ; (c) farm build- 

 ings, geometric drawing, freehand drawing, topographical and mechanical drawing. 



15. Agricultural industries (technology) comprising the industries of greatest interest 

 to the countrj- : (a) manufacture of alcohol ; [b) dairy industry ; (c) food preserves ; (d) textile 

 material, etc. 



16. Applied hygiene. 



17. Rural and consular legislation. 



18. Economics, farm accounts and consular information. 



For demonstrations and practical applications of the courses, the 

 Institute possesses, in addition to a library of 6,000 volumes, which receives 

 a large number of agricultural publications, a museum of agricultural 

 products, appliances and machinery. Important annexes are made up of : 



Experimental field. Weather observatory. I^aboratories of : technology, with models 

 of technological plant"; agricultural chemistry' ; plant botany and pathology ; seed tests and 

 agiicultural distillery. Dairy serving both for cheese and butter making. Vineyard with 

 wine store and wine cellar. Vine nursery. Orchard. Kitchen garden. Hot-house for plant 

 propagation. Section for fruit, forest and ornamental shrubs. Section for the growing of 

 the principal plants under field conditions (industrial, food and forage). Section concerned 

 with domestic animals for breeding and farm work. Stud animal section. Byre for Uvestock 

 experiments and a veterinary hospital. 



From the second year onwards the courses are supplemented by visits 

 to farms, factories of agricultural products etc., in which the students are 

 accompanied by the professors and assistants. 



The costs of these excursions are defrayed by the Government, which 

 appropriates a special credit for that purpose every j^ear and places first- 

 class tickets at the disposal of the Institute. 



Every year the Institute organises an excursion of one month for fourth 

 year students, with the object of making them acquainted with the differ- 

 ent agricultural regions of the country and their special qualities. 



The State, on that occasion places at the disposal of the students a 

 first class carriage, one half of which is converted into a sleeping-car, and 

 an ordinary carriage converted into a kitchen and restaurant car, which 

 carriages can be hooked on to any train. 



The students are put through monthly examinations and general 

 examinations at the end of each school year. Those among them who have 

 secured a sufticiency of marks at the general examinations in the previous 

 years undergo a final general examination at the close of the fourth year. 



They are furthermore required to produce a report proving that they 

 have been through a probationary period on a farm. Uvery year the stu- 

 dents who have i)assed their graduation examination are sent on a mis- 

 sion abroad at the Government expense. 



