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To these are added, colza, rape, poppy, mustard, white and 

 black, hemp, flax, cotton, madder, saffron, woad, hops, tobacco, 

 chicory, teasels. 



The weeds prejudicial to agriculture, and the insects which 

 attack the plant while growing, or in the granary or barn. 



The production of milk ; and, as already said, the making of 

 butter and cheese. 



The production of wool ; tests of its fineness ; classing of 

 wools : shearing of sheep ; weight of the fleece ; washing of 

 wool before or after shearing ; and every particular in reference 

 to the subject. 



The fatting of beef, mutton, and pork. Choice of animals 

 for this purpose ; nutritive properties of different kinds of food ; 

 in what form to be given ; grains entire or ground ; roots cooked 

 or raw. green or dry ; the value of the pulp of beet-root after the 

 sugar is expressed ; refuse of the starch factories ; of the distil 

 lery ; of the brewery : fatting by pasture or in stalls ; comparison 

 of the live weight with that of the animal when slaughtered. 



Care and management of the various kinds of domestic 

 poultry. 



Care and management of bees, with the construction of 



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hives. 



Care of silk-worms, and their entire management. 



All these studies are pursued in the first year of the course ; 

 and the time is so arranged as to afford the diligent pupil an 

 opportunity of meeting his duties, though the period is obviously 

 too limited for the course prescribed. 



The second year enjoins the continuance and enlargement of 

 these important studies ; the higher branches of mathematics 

 and natural philosophy ; an extended knowledge of chemistry ; 

 and a thorough acquaintance with mechanics, when the scholars, 

 with their professor, visit some of the principal machine-shops 

 and factories in Paris, or its environs, in order to become practi 

 cally acquainted with them. 



The students are further instructed in the construction of 

 farm-buildings of every description ; in irrigation, in all its forms ; 

 in the drainage of lands ; in the construction of roads ; in every 

 thing relating to farm implements ; and in the construction of 

 mills and presses. 



As I have said, organic chemistry is largely pursued with the 

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