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tions have been raade at the State laud-oface for portions of the congres- 

 sional land-grunt of July 2, 1802, at $1.25 per acre, but no land has been 

 sold. 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 



Dartmouth College — Neiv Hampsliire College of Agriculture and the Me- 

 chanic Arts, at Hanover; Rev. Ana B. Smith, JD. I).,LL. I).,x)resident. — The 

 exercises ot the graduating class are represented by the examining com- 

 mittee to have been of a high order. The subjects were as follows : " Cot- 

 ton and its manufactures;'' " Water and its domestic uses;" "Building 

 materials of New Hampshire ; " Irrigation ;" "The manufacture of paper;" 

 "Copper and itsrefiniiig;" "Education of farmers." Of the students who 

 have graduated since the opening of the college, twelve have engaged in 

 agriculture, nine in mechanical occupations, and five in other employ- 

 ments. Thirty students have labored the past season on the farm, and 

 have earned $20 to $90 each, according to the number of hours occupied. 



The farm contains 305 acres, and is valued at $21,000. There have 

 been raised ou it 150 bushels of corn, 610 of oats, lOS of barley, 100 tons 

 of hay, and a large quantity of garden vegetables. Only a small part 

 is under cultivation ; 16 acres being devoted to tilled crops, and the 

 remainder to hay. The uncultivated jjart is timber and pasture laud. 

 The yield of hay was from 2 to 4 tons per acre. The stock kept on the 

 farm consists of 8 cows, worth $440; 1 yoke of oxen, $200; 4 heifers, 

 $200 ; 11 heifers, $407 ; 2 horses, $300; 12 shoats, $300 ; 4 pigs, $16; and 

 1 full-blood Durham bull-calf, $200; total value, $2,003. The barn has 

 been completed. It is a fine building, 100 by 50 feet, clapboarded and 

 painted. It has a capacity for storing nearly 200 tons of hay ; a tool- 

 room 20 by 20 feet; 24 stalls for cattle; 4 calf-pens; and the usual 

 arrangements in the basement. It has a good supply of pure water, 

 brought in pipes from a neighboring spring. 



The annual interest derived from the proceeds of the congressional 

 laud-grant is now $4,800. The examining committee thus speaks of the 

 success of the college: " In closing this report, we deem it a duty, as 

 well as a pleasure, to bear our testimony to the eminent ability evinced 

 by the president in discharging the difficult duties of his position, and 

 by his able corps of professors, who have labored so long and earnestly 

 to raise this institution to the highly-respectable position it now occu- 

 pies among the agricultural colleges of our country." 



Professors in the College of Agriculture and the Mechanics Arts, 7; 

 assistants, 4; students, 24; professors in all the departments, 22; assist- 

 ants, 7; students, 430. 



NEW JERSEY. 



Rutgers CoUege — Scientific School, at New BrunsuncJc; Rev. William H. 

 Campbell, I). D., LL. J)., president. — During the year the facilities afforded 

 the students for studying analytical chemistry have been much im- 

 proved, and a large amount of work has been done in the laboratory in 

 analyzing commercial fertilizers and other substances. The trustees, in 

 their report, say that the progress of the school has been highly grati- 

 fying and satisfactory. The laboratorj^-work of the students in analy- 

 tical chemistry has received the marked approval and commendation of 

 proficients who have visited the rooms, and will compare fav^orably with 

 the best results other institutions. 



A barn has been built, and the outbuildings re-arranged and improved. 

 The barn is 00 feet long and 40 wide, with posts 22 ieet.. The main floor 

 has stables for seven horses, feed-room, large thrashing-floor, and spacious 



