226 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



We would urge all farmers to avail themselves of the 

 information published in the experiment station bulletins, 

 which are free to all who desire them. 



The Zoological Department. 

 It is the purpose to make the department of zoology in 

 this college first class in every sense. Insects are of vastly 

 greater importance to the farmer than all other organisms 

 put together. It is for this reason that special attention has 

 been given to the development and equipment of the division 

 of entomology, and we feel that in this respect this institu- 

 tion is fully equal to any other in the country. The purpose 

 is to educate the young men who elect the study of ento- 

 mology so that they may not only fully understand the 

 principles of economic entomology, but that they may be 

 able, should an unknown insect appear, to investigate the 

 new pest in a thoroughly practical and scientific manner, 

 and discover the means of dealing with it. Realizing that a 

 first-class farmer needs this education, they are striving to 

 cultivate a spirit of investigation in all the students taking 

 this course of study. 



The Veterinary Department. 

 The buildings have been completed at an expense of about 

 $24,700 of the $25,000 appropriated, about $300 being left 

 after paying for construction. This amount has been used 

 for the purchase of equipment. Early in the fall an order 

 was placed for sufiicieut apparatus to equip the laboratory 

 building to the extent of rendering it available for purposes 

 of instruction. To put it into condition for experiment work 

 a few pieces of special apparatus are required. The aim 

 of the work in this department is threefold : first, education 

 of the students ; second, experimental research, the investi- 

 gation of obscure diseases, etc. ; third, to render assistance 

 to all farmers by the examination of the organs of diseased 

 animals, or by correspondence relative to disease amongst 

 live stock. They are always glad to have specimens sent in 

 for examination, and in case of an outbreak of an obscure 

 disease among animals the department stands ready to inves- 

 tigate the cause, nature and danger from the same, in so far 

 as it is able to do so. 



