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When both laboratory and hospital stable are fully equipped, 

 they will contain every facility for the study of animal 

 diseases. The facilities for work in bacteriology and pathol- 

 ogy will then be exceptionally good. This main building 

 and the hospital barn place this important branch of learn- 

 ing on a footing equal or superior to that of any other 

 department at the college. This should be welcome to 

 owners of live stock and to students who intend to follow 

 agriculture or to become veterinarians. We would suirffest 

 that all who can, call and see for themselves. In the main 

 building there is an office, lecture room, dissecting room, a 

 large laboratory with tables for students to work with the 

 microscope, two rooms that may be used as living rooms by 

 students, a room for advanced students in which to do ex- 

 periment work, and also a carpenter's workshop. In the 

 barn are stalls where different animals can be kept and 

 isolated in case of danger of infection. These stalls are so 

 arranged as to be easily cleansed and disinfected. The 

 building is heated and ventilated in the most approved 

 manner, and supplied with hot and cold water at all seasons 

 of the year. 



At the time of your committee's visit the doctor had under 

 his care some diseased chickens. Experiments were in proc- 

 ess to learn the nature of the disease known as roup, by an 

 attempt to develop culture. This is simply an indication of 

 what may be done in the future in all lines of germ or other 

 diseases of farm animals. 



The Horticultural Department. 



The work in this department has been carried on in the 

 usual efficient manner. Testing of numerous varieties of 

 strawberries, raspberries and other small fruits is continually 

 going on. The instruction here in propagating by grafting, 

 budding, etc., is given in a practical way, the student doing 

 the work, the hand thus being trained as well as the mind. 

 The manner of combating the many insects injurious to our 

 fruits and flowers is illustrated by the practical way in which 

 these foes of the farmer are met. 



The old peach orchard has finished its work and been 

 removed, but a large new orchard has been planted on the 



