172 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



1820, the school for the management of forests, wliich had 

 previously existed at Stuttgart, was removed to Carlshof and 

 placed under the direction of Schwertz, though still independent 

 for all the purposes of instruction. The greater number of 

 students were then, as they are at present, students of agricul- 

 ture. Last year ('61-62) for instance, there were 124 agricul- 

 tural students and but 37 foresters. 



The limited number of foresters may be owing in part to the 

 rigorous conditions of admission to the forest school, the appli- 

 cants for which must have practiced in the management of 

 woods for at least two years under a head steward of forests. 

 It was thought that a general connection of instruction in 

 forestry with that in agriculture would have some important ad- 

 vantages, as, for instance, for the pupils of the agricultural insti- 

 tute, who are either owners or to become, in future, stewards 

 of large estates, in which the management of forests would 

 often be of great importance, while the contact of a class of 

 students who have to submit to a rigid examination on which 

 their future success will largely depend, would be very useful 

 as an example of good conduct and studious habits, to students 

 in the agricultural institute who are not obliged to work. It 

 would be a desirable stimulant to exertion. Then the union 

 would enable the two to give a wider range to the instruction 

 in both, the students of each having an opportunity to avail 

 themselves of lectures which they could not otherwise have, so 

 that the foresters, for instance, could get a general knowledge 

 of agriculture which they would not gain in a special school. 



Experience has accordingly justified this change, and the 

 arrangement still exists. 



Originally the whole instruction in agriculture was given by 

 Schwertz, who taught general and special plant culture, cattle 

 breeding, vine culture, book-keeping, &c. Two professors were 

 soon appointed, one of mathematics and the other of the auxili- 

 ary natural sciences, while instruction in veterinary science was 

 given by the medical councillor-in-chief of the government, who 

 went over from Stuttgart once a week for the purpose. The 

 removal of the forest school added one only to the corps of 

 instruction, but on the acquisition, in 1822, of the domain at 

 Hohenheim, the farming operations became still more extended, 

 and men scientifically educated were required in each chief 



