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to wliich six acres, previously giveu by Mrs. James A. Hillhousc and 

 lier clauftliters, are added, aud the entire tract -^ill be divided into villa 

 lots, aud sold to form a i'und for tbe foundation of an observatory for 

 astronomical and physical researches. 



In the report of the department for the last year an account was giveu 

 of the fossil specimeus collected for the museum by the Yale College ex- 

 pedition to the Eocky Mountains, in 1870. Another was made duriug 

 the summer and autumn of 1871, in charge of Professor O. G. Marsh, 

 assisted by ten graduates of the college, by which 15,000 specimens of 

 fossil vertebrate remains have been added, including about 75 unde- 

 scribed species. The specimens collected in the latter expedition are 

 valued at 810,000, and those of the former are worth an equal sum. A 

 valuable series of vertebrated fossils from the tertiary formations of Oregon 

 has also been presented by Eev. Thomas Condon, of Dalles City, Oregon. 

 Among the most noteworthy additions made to the museum since our 

 last report is a collection of fossil animals from the Tertiary of Greece, 

 received in exchange from the University of Athens. The museum has 

 received, the present year, the largest 'accessions ever made in one 

 season. 



As this school has no farm, nothing has been done in practical agri- 

 culture or the raising of stock, but the most thorough scientific instruc- 

 tion is giveu, in its difierent, branches, by learned and accomplished 

 professors. It has 11 professors and 13 assistants; and since it was 

 opened, in 1847, 250 students have graduated in the different courses of 

 study, a portion of whom have engaged in agricultural pursuits. The 

 whole number in the school during the scholastic year 1872 is 157; 29 

 more than in 1871. 



DELAWARE. 



Delaware College, at Netcai'lc, WilUani H. Purnell, A. iU., president. — 

 There has been a considerable increase in the number of students in 

 this college during the present year, and four instructors have been ad- 

 ded to the faculty. The farm contains 70 acres, 18 of which are in grass, 

 G in orchard, 3 in pears, 3 in apples and peaches, 1 in vineyard, 8 in 

 blackberries, raspberries, gooseberries, and currants, and 18 in trucking 

 aud grain crops. The principal object had in view in its cultivation is 

 to illustrate to the students the various processes pursued on the farm 

 in the cultivation and production of crops. They make excui'sions 

 to the fields, inspect the crops, and receive practical iustruction from 

 the professors of iigriculture. The quantity of crops raised on the farm 

 isnotgiven,bnttheirvalueisasfollows: Garden vegetables, $1,200; corn, 

 8150; wheat, 8175; hav. 8720; orchard, 8300 ; small fruits, $300— total, 

 83,120. 



Four horses are kept on the farm for work, twelve grade Alderney 

 cows, two grade short-horus, and three natives, all for butter and milk. 

 Ayrshire cows are preferred by this college for milk, Alderneys for but- 

 ter, short-horus for beef, Devons for work, and for general purposes an 

 infusion of short-horn blood with Ayrshire or Alderney. The system of 

 farming pursued iu the culture of corn is to spread barn-yard manure 

 on the green sward after harvest, and break the ground in the spring, 

 to spread lime in a caustic state on the inverted sod, and to follow the 

 corn-crop with wheat and clover. Some experiments have been made 

 in testing different varieties of seeds and fertilizers. 



The number of students in attendance during the iiresent academical 

 year is 38, six of whom are ladies. 



