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book-keeping, valuation, &c. ; agricultural excursions, demon- 

 strations and conversations. 



11. Fundamental and auxiliary sciences of agriculture. 



National economy, agricultural history and statistics, agricul- 

 tural law, physics, meteorology, general chemistry, agricultural 

 chemistry, practice iii the laboratory, qualitative analysis, 

 quantitative demonstration of agricultural materials, grains, 

 oil fruits, guano, other kinds of manures, soils, plant ashes. 

 Mineralogy and geognosy, including knowledge and classifica- 

 tion of soils. Botany, with special reference to the physiology 

 of plants ; including botanical excursions, instruction in for- 

 estry, care and use of woodlands. Gardening. Zoology, with 

 special reference to knowledge of insects. Veterinary science, 

 anatomy and pliysiology of domestic animals on the farm ; 

 pathology and therapeutics, chirurgery, shoeing, &g. Mechanics 

 and machinery, agricultural machinery and implements, their 

 construction and use. Agricultural technology, distilling, brew- 

 ing, sugar making, bread making, manufacture of vinegar, 

 including technological excursions. Geodosy, use of the sur- 

 veyor's chain and theodolite, field measuring, levelling, agricul- 

 tural mechanics. 



The arrangement of these various branches is such, that those 

 bearing on agriculture, national economy and the natural 

 sciences generally, are repeated annually, some of them twice a 

 year, and others only every two or three years. 



For the ancient and modern languages, the fine arts and 

 all gymnastic exercises, the university offers extraordinary 

 opportunities to those who desire it. 



Besides the above-named lectures, excursions and conversa- 

 tions, the institute offers all essential means of instruction, such 

 as tlie public domains at Zwiitzen and Lehesten, embracing 

 about 1,400 acres ; witli a numerous herd of cattle, a distillery, 

 brewery and silk-raising establishment, which serve as means of 

 illustration ; 



An agricultural botanic garden, attached to the botanic gar- 

 den of the university ; 



A well-appointed chemical laboratory with a sufficient number 

 of convenient working desks ; 



Collections of minerals and earths, dried plants and seeds, 

 models of fruits, collections of insects, technical apparatus, so 

 far as requisite for reference in the lectures ; 



