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philosophy, electricity, statical and dynamical; civil engineering, principles of con- 
struction, strength of materials; French or German. Second tern..—Practical agricul- 
ture—Agricultural book-keeping, farm accounts; herd-book, farm journal; modes of 
conducting experiments and making them useful; collection and use of agricultural 
statistics; history of agriculture. Chemistry—Agricultural chemistry, quantitative 
analysis of artificial manures, and their influence on plant growth. Natural sciences— 
Lectures on economic geology and mineralogy; diseases of domestic animals; veteri- 
nary surgery and medicine. Related studies—Natural philosophy, magnetism; con- 
struction and use of the telegraph ; physical geography and meteorology, laws of dews, 
frosts, fogs, clouds, rain, hail, snow, and winds, with local causes affecting the climate ; 
meteorological instruments, and their use to the farmer; civil engineering, construc- 
tion of roads, railroads, and canals; FrenchorGerman. Third term.—Practical agricul- 
_ ture—Horticulture, construction and management of hot-houses; cold graperies and 
orchard houses; landscape gardening and rural architecture; rural law relating to 
tenure and conveyance of land, highways, cattle, and fences. Chemistry—Agricultural 
chemistry, quantitative analysis of dairy products; chemistry as applied to the arts of 
tanning, dyeing, bleaching, and the manufacture of glass, porcelain, and iron. Natural 
sciences—Ixcursions for practice in geological surveys and collection of specimens in 
botany, zoélogy and mineralogy. Related studies—Natural philosophy, electro-dy- 
namies, electrotyping and gilding; civil engineering, field and office work; French or 
German. 
Candidates for admission into this department must be at least four- 
teen years of age, produce testimonials of good moral character, and 
sustain an examination in English grammar, geography, arithmetic, the 
elements of algebra, and history. Students who satisfactorily complete 
the course of study will be entitled to a diploma as graduate in agrieul- 
ture. The farm contains about seventy acres of well improved land, 
consisting of meadow, tillage, and pasture grounds. There are six 
acres of vegetable garden, eight acres of small fruit trees and 
vineyard, five acres of apples, pears, peaches, and plums, and the 
whole farm is well supplied with stock, tools, and farm machinery. All 
the students, not excused on account of physical disability, are required 
to labor on the farm one to two hours each day, except Saturday and 
Sunday, under the direction of the professor of agriculture. Besides 
this required labor, all students will have an opportunity of working on 
Saturday, and at such other times as will not interfere with their prepa- 
ration for the recitation-room, and will receive for such labor eight to 
twelve cents per hour, according to the work done. The philosophical 
apparatus of the college is very complete. The State cabinet has also 
been transferred to the college by an act of the legislature. The differ- 
ent libraries contain about 7,900 volumes. Expenses of students for 
the year, exclusive of board, are $79 50. Board may be obtained for 
$5 50 to $4 50 per week. 
ILLINOIS. 
The Mlinois Industrial University, at Urbana, has been open for the 
reception of students more than two years. During the past year 
all the fences on both farms have been rebuilt or thoroughly re- 
paired, and about five miles of hedge have been planted. The hedge 
completely surrounds the farms. Forty-five acres of land sown with 
oats produced 1,204 bushels, and 175 tons of hay were cut on 120 acres 
of meadow land. There have been planted in the apple orchard 2,193 
trees, and about 600 more have been set in the nursery to remain till a 
place can be prepared for permanent planting. Shelter belts of maples 
on the north and south, and of Norway spruce and Austrian pine on 
the west, were set outside the orchard, and every tenth row in the orchard 
was left vacant for planting an evergreen wind-break. In the nurseries 
there have been collected during the year for forest plantations and 
shelter-belts, 3,000 ash trees, 1,000 white elm, 1,000 American arbor-vite, 
1,000 balsam fir, 1,000 red pine, 100 Austrian pine, 100 Scotch pine, 18 
