PKOG'KESS OF INDUSTKIAL EDUCATION. 387 



cx)\vs, of Jei;>ey, Ayvsliire, and native breeds ; 1 Frencli-Cauadirtii .stal- 

 lioUj 1 breeding-mai-e, "2 mules, and three AYork-Iiorses. Tlio Ayrsliire 

 breed of cattle is preferred by this institution. Tlie system of deep 

 plowinc^, manufacture of manures, and the rotation of crops has been 

 adopted. Some experiments have been made in the cultivation of 

 lucerne, and the soiling of cattle has been practiced to some extent. 



The number of students of both sexes in attendance in all the depart- 

 ments during- the present year, (1872,) is 213. 



The following report of experiments made on the experimental :^irm 

 of the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, has been forwarded to 

 this Department through the kindness of Mr. James Wearmouth, con- 

 ductor of the farm. In 1868 an agricultural department was established 

 in this University, of which Charles S. Tenable, LL.D., is presi- 

 dent, by the nuiuiJicence of Samuel Miller, of Lynchburg, who gave 

 lor its support 8100,000, and of Thomas Johnson, of Augusta County, 

 who gave $40,000. It has not received anything from the national en- 

 dowment. John ^Y. Mallet, Ph. D,, M. D., is professor of analytical, 

 industrial, and agricultural chemistry, and Leopold J. Bceck, Ph.^D., of 

 mechanics and engineering, as applied to agriculture. The experimental 

 farm contains 40 acres, on which experiments are conducted yearly with 

 the view of improving the agriculture of Virginia, and placing it on a 

 scientific basis. It is believed that the appended table of elaborate 

 experiments will be read with interest and profit. 



