PROGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION. oio 



Kost', Early Goodrich, Early Molla^v]^■,aud Peerless potatoes ou 7 acres, 

 yield lOU bushels per acre ; 1,1^7 bushels of carrots ou 3 acres, yield 

 370 bushels per acre 5 1,320 bushels of mangel-wurzels ou 5^ acres, yield 

 229 per acre ; 32 bushels of Silesiau beets, from seed furnished by the 

 Department of Agriculture, on 11 square rods, yield at the rate of 4G5 

 bushels per acre ; 1,787 bushels of ruta-bagas on 4: acres, yield 440 

 bushels per acre ; 2,000 heads of cabbages on 3 J acres. Two acres were 

 sown with corn, and l^- acres with rye, both of which were cut while 

 green, and fed for fodder to the cows on the farm. The yield was large 

 and very profitable. There are kept on the farm 8 full-blood Ayrshire 

 cows, 1 half-blood Ayrshire, 7 natives, 8 Ayrshire heifers, 2 horses, and 

 2 mules. The cows are kept for milk, which is sold in town. Fifteen of 

 these cows averaged 2,968 quarts of milk each during the entire year. 

 The Ayrshire breed is preferred for New Jersey by this school. The 

 horses and mules are kept for work on the farm. 



Large additions have been made to the facilities for instruction. The 

 new geological hall, referred to in our report of last year, has been com- 

 pleted at an expense of some $75,000, derived from funds contributed 

 by the alumni of Rutgers College at their recent celebration of the cen- 

 tennial anniversary of that institution. It was dedicated at the last 

 commencement, in June, 1872. This donation, which amounted to 

 $113,000, has all been devoted to the interests of the Scientific School. 

 The sum remaining after deducting the amount paid for the geological 

 hall, was invested in a permanent fund for the support of two professor- 

 ships. The hall is made of Connecticut freestone, and is 120 feet long, 

 45 wide, and three stories high, besides the basement, which is used for 

 a drill-room and armory. The first story contains an office, a large 

 chemical-lecture room, 35 by 40 feet, an analytical laboratory for the use 

 of students in analytical chemistry, a professor's laboratory, a small 

 lecture-room, a balance-room, and closets for storing chemicals. The 

 second contains a lecture-room for the professor of mining and metal- 

 lurgy, and a large hall 40 by 90 feet, with gallery on four sides, for a 

 general museum for collections in geology, paleontology, and mineral- 

 ogy. The third contains a curator's room, to be used for arranging, as- 

 sorting, and labeling specimens. The whole building is heated by 

 steam, and supplied throughout with gas and water. A building for a 

 chapel and library is now in process of erection, a:nd is expected to be 

 ready for occupancy at the next commencement, in 1873. It is the gift 

 of 'Mis. Sophia Astly Kirkpatrick, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, 

 who donated 850,000 for this purpose. 



The number of students in the Scientific School for the scholastic 

 year 1872 is 50 ; in both institutions, 194. 



NEW YORK. 



Cornell University — Industrial Colleges, at ItJmca, Andrew D. WJdfe, 

 LL. D., president. — The Agricultural College farm contains 200 acres of 

 excellent land, 110 of which have been cultivated the present yearwitli 

 plowed crops, 17 are in clover, 21 in pasture, and the remainder, except 

 what is used for ornamental grounds, is in meadow and woodland. The 

 object had in view thus far in its cultivation has been to present to 

 students in agriculture an example of a well-conducted farm, made 

 profitable, if possible, and at the same time improved under the manage- 

 ment of a good practical farmer. The system of farming heretofore 

 adopted has been that i^ursued by the best practical farmers of the State, 

 but an experimental farm of 50 acres has been set off* this year from 



