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ship to enter upon an extended course of study iu Eiiinpe. His place 

 has been filled by Josiah E. Smitli, A. B., a graduate of Amherst Col- 

 lege. 



Professors, 10 5 assistant, 1; student, 140; pursuing agricultural or 

 mechanical studies, 126. 



OREGON. 



Corvallis College — State Agrimdtural College, at CorvalUs; B. L. 

 Arnold, Ph. D., president. — The president, says that the college is iu 

 a hejdthy condition and well attended. During the past two years 

 about one hundred young men have pursued agricultural studies. 

 They have received instruction in practical agriculture, the physiology 

 and chemistry of plants, analysis and improvement of soils, animal 

 physiology, the economic use and preservation of farm-crops, and other 

 branches of the agricultural course important for farmers to understand. 

 A -wing has been added to the college building, and other improvements 

 have been made, the whole costing about $3,000. The building as now 

 improved is of such size as to aftbrd ample room for several years. A 

 greenhouse will be built in a few months. The apparatus has been so 

 much increased by yearly additions that it is now sufficient for illustra- 

 tion of all the fundamental principles of chemistry and physics. A fine 

 collection of minerals has been added to the cabinet, for the special use 

 of the class-room, through the kindness of A. H. Brown, secretary of 

 state. 



The experimen'tal farm contains 35 acres, and is valued at $5,000. 

 Experiments have been made with wheat in connection with soda, pot- 

 ash, lime in three forms, ashes, sulphuric acid, marl, chlorine, superphos- 

 phate of lime, urine, and ammoniated pho.sphate. The conclusion was 

 that the fertilizer last named is by far the best; it hastens the crop, and 

 causes a much larger yield than any of the others. Analyses and tests of 

 the " white soil," mentioned in a previous report, have been continued, 

 and the conclusion arrived at is that if it is thoroughly drained, well 

 plowed, and cultivated with green crops for several years, it will produce 

 grain as well as any other. All students are. required to perform a small 

 amount of labor on the farm and to practici the military drill daily. 



The annual interest from the i)roceeds of the congressional land- 

 grant has not been reported. The State makes an annual appropria- 

 tion of $5,000 for current expenses of conducting the college. During 

 the fiscal year 10,000 acres of the land-grant have been sold at an aver- 

 age of $2.50 per acre, and 79,300 remain unsold. 



Professors, 4 ; students in agricultural college, 51; in all the depart- 

 ments, 147. 



PENNSYLVANIA. 



Pennsylvania State College, Centre County; Rev. James Calder, D. D., 

 president. — This college has undergone some changes in its name, but 

 its purposes as an agiicultural and mechanical college remain the same. 

 According to the latest documentary authority it was first incorporated 

 as "The Farmers' High School of Pennsylvania," February 22, 1855; 

 next, as " The Agricultural College of Pennsylvania," Mav 1, 18G2 ; and 

 lastly as "The Pennsylvania State College," July 20, 1874. 



The four farms belonging to the college contain COO acres, and are 

 valued at $75,000, as follows: The college-larm, 300 acres, at $100 per 

 acre, $30,000; the central experimental, 100 acres, at $100 per acre, 

 $10,000; the eastern experimental, 100 acres, at $200 per acre, $20,000; 

 the western experimental, 100 acres, at $150 per acre, $15,000. The 



