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college iu the cultivation of trees, grapes, aud plants ; in making plaster- 

 casts, executed by the students, of different fruits and roots, for the 

 botanical museum ; also, by the professor of agriculture, in the making 

 and use of hot-beds, the culture of garden-vegetables, and the manufac- 

 ture of phosphatic manures ; and by the professor of chemistry, in de- 

 termining the actual and comi>arative cost and value of fiirm-yard ma- 

 nures and commercial fertilizers, and in the culture of the sugar-beet for 

 seed. Under the direction of the professor of veterinary science and the 

 farm-superintendent, the students have made experiments in deep aud 

 shallow cultivation, especially in subsoiling; in manuriug with home- 

 made aud commercial fertilizers ; in surface, stone, and tile draining : 

 iu cutting and curing hay at different stages of growth and by different 

 methods ; in breeding, feeding, and care of stock ; in the yield of milk 

 and growth of animals of different breeds under similar conditions, aud 

 of the same animals under varied conditions ; in attending animals dur- 

 ing parturition and in sickness; in castrating swine, calves, aud lambs; 

 in dissecting and preparing subjects for the veterinary museum ; and in 

 the effectiveness and economy of different "methods of preserving roots 

 and the leaves of the sugar-beet. 



There are o^vned by the college aud kept on the farm G horses of 

 mixed breed ; 15 short-horned cattle, 13 Ayrshires, 7 Jerseys, 4 Devous, 

 3 Britains, 1 Swiss, aud 1 Dutch; 24 improved Chester white swine, 3 

 Berkshire, 2 Yorkshire ; 60 game-fowls, 20 Houdan, 25 Partridge Cochin, 

 3 Sebright bantams; 20 Bronze turkeys; 4 Eoueu ducks ; and 31 pig- 

 eons, consisting of nine varieties, namely. Pouters, Carriers, Jacobins, 

 Kuns, Fantails, Archangels, and Bald-pate, Beard, and Almond Tum- 

 blers. The horses are kept for work on the farm and for the college; the 

 stock for the four-fold object of profitably consuming aud converting 

 into manure the hay, grain, and roots raised on the farm, of furnishing 

 milk, beef, pork, poultry, and eggs for the use of the college, of keeping 

 up and improving the races of pure-bred stock, aud of affording illus- 

 trations of the principles and instruction iu the practice of breeding and 

 raising domestic animals. 



Since the opening of the college iu 1867, 57 students have 

 graduated, and a large portion of them have engaged in agricultural 

 and horticultural pursuits. Others would have done so if they Ifad pos- 

 sessed the necessary capital to purchase a farm aud commence the busi- 

 ness for themselves. The number of students in attendance during the 

 collegiate year 1872 is 171. 



21assachusetts Institute of Techiology, at Boston, E. D. EunMe, Ph. I)., 

 LL, B., president. — Xo detailed report of the operations of this insti- 

 tute during the present year has been received by this Dei3artment, 

 but we learn from the catalogue sent us that there has been a very 

 large increase in the number of students in attendance over the last 

 year, and that the faoilities for instruction have been considerably ex- 

 tended. Advanced courses of study have been established, by which 

 students of the institute who have completed the regular- course of four 

 years, and taken the degree of bachelor of science, can pursue their 

 studies two years longer, aud on completing the additional course suc- 

 cessfully will receive the degree of S. D., or doctor of science. Bach- 

 elors of arts, science, or philosophy from any other institution may en- 

 ter upon any of the advanced courses on giving satisf^ictory evidence, 

 by examiuation or otherwise, that they are qualified to inirsue the 

 coiu'se selected. Five additional scholarships of 8150 each have been 

 established, and will be given to such applicants as are recom- 

 mended to one of the advanced classes Of the institute by the faculty. 



