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connection specimens have been sent in for examination, to 



aid in making a correct diagnosis and to assist in prescribing 



for the treatment of the case. The department has every 



facility for the examination of specimens of this nature, and 



invites the farmers to send to it at any time material from 



diseased animals. 



During the past year the photographing room in the 



main building has been equipped with apparatus, through 



the generosity of the Massachusetts Society for Promoting 



Agriculture, which appropriated a sum sufficient for the 



purpose. 



The Farm. 



The farm work has been conducted along practical lines, 

 and can give the farmers of Massachusetts one of the best 

 object lessons, not only in seeing and learning the value of 

 almost every agricultural implement that is on the market, 

 but the value of clean culture, and the proper fertilization 

 to secure a good crop. The experiments made there should 

 be of great assistance to every student, as well as to the 

 farmers in general. The beautiful field of clover last June 

 was a delight to your committee. It demonstrated the fact 

 that clover can be grown in abundance, providing the soil 

 is supplied with the proper elements which produce it. 



That the farm may become of more benefit, not only to 

 the students but to all who visit the institution for the 

 purpose of becoming familiar with the value of an agricul- 

 tural education, your committee would recommend that a 

 more representative herd of cattle be placed upon the farm 

 as soon as practicable. 



Shall the Massachusetts Agricultural College live? 



Looking back after nearly forty years of the existence of 

 the Agricultural College, we may discover here and there a 

 mistake, but on the whole much of success. When debts 

 have accumulated and needed improvements have been de- 

 layed by want of State appropriations, the friends of the 

 college have rallied to its rescue, and, though all has not 

 been done that should have been, yet each decade has shown 

 a steady improvement. 



