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Professors in the college, 8 ; students, 93 ; professors iu all the de- 

 partments, 28 ; assistants, 5 ; students, 512. 



North Georgia Agricultural College, (a department of tlieuniversity,) at 

 Dahlonega ; JJavid W. Lewis, A.3I., president. — The part of the annual 

 interest received by this college on the proceeds of the cougressional 

 laud-grajit is .$3,000. The college-farm contains 25 acres, and is valued 

 at $1,000. lu consequence of its limited means, and for other reasons, 

 the college has' not been able to enter upon experiments iu practical 

 agriculture on the farm. Most of the young men iu the college are the 

 sons of farmers, who have more knowledge of farming than of books. 

 As soon as they are sufficiently advanced in the rudimentary branches, 

 they will enter upon a regular course of instruction in agriculture. 

 Education in that part of the State is in a backward condition, and the 

 board of trustees have been making strenuous eiibrts to raise the 

 standard by establishiDg common schools in all parts of the surround- 

 ing country, and educating competent teachers to instruct them. For 

 this purpose a normal department has, for some time, been established 

 in connection with the college, and no fewer than fifty young men and 

 women who received their education in this school were engaged as 

 teachers during a portion of this year. 



The trustees are now fitting up rooms, which will be free of rent, 

 expressly for young men who obligate themselves to teach in the fall 

 months. By these facilities, and free tuition, the expenses of living 

 have been much diminished, and students, by clubbing together, have, 

 in some instances, reduced them to about $G per mouth. As soon as 

 the students and people are j)repared for it, and means can be provided, 

 it is proposed by the trustees to establish a school of mines as a depart- 

 ment of the college. Dahlonega is located in the midst of the gold-belt 

 of Georgia. Gold-mines exist in the immediate vicinity of the college, 

 and nearly all the precious metals may be found within a short dis- 

 tance from it. In the opinion of Professor Raymond and other geolo- 

 gists, no better location for such a school can be found iu the United 

 States. Many of the young men now in the college have some practi- 

 cal knowledge of mines and mining. The college has been in operation 

 four years, and has already had under its instruction nearly one thou- 

 sand students. The average attendance has been very high, not being 

 surpassed by any other institution in the State. 



Professors, 5 ; students, 24:5, 30 of whom pursued agricultural or me- 

 chanical studies. 



ILLINOIS, 



Illinois Industrial University, at Urhana ; John M. Gregory, LL. D., 

 regent. — The annual interest derived from the proceeds of the congres- 

 sional land-grant is now $28,200. None of the land has been sold 

 during the year. Experiments were made on the experimental farm 

 with chemical and other fertilizers to ascertain their relative value as 

 compared with stable-manures in the different modes of applying the 

 latter, and iu feeding cattle to test the effect of the quantity of food 

 consumed. Investigations have also been made upon the temperature 

 of the soil in different situations and under different treatment, upon 

 the depth of roots of ordinary field-crops, and upon microscopic and in- 

 jurious fungi. The experimental farm contains IGO acres, and is valued 

 at $10,000. It is used for experiments iu testing the different varieties 

 and modes of culture in field-crops and iu the treatment of soils, about 

 GO acres being devoted to this purpose. It is also used for experi- 

 ments in horticulture and feeding animals of different ages and develop- 



