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explanations. Up to this time no less than seventy-seven 

 master smiths and fifty-eight master wheelwrights have availed 

 themselves of this opportunity to perfect themselves in their 

 business. 



But as imperfect and defective as were the arrangements at 

 the outset, at Hohenheim, there was one thing that neither the 

 director nor the pupils were in want of, and that was an earnest 

 love for their work and an enthusiasm for the high reputation 

 of the new institute. It was not the least of the merits of 

 Schwertz that he knew how to infuse such an enthusiasm into 

 all his pupils. Where such a spirit reigns great things are 

 easily developed from small. Forty-five years have now passed 

 away and from the weak seed then planted a strong fruit-bear- 

 ing tree has developed its wide-extended branches. From eight 

 pupils of 1818, the number has increased to one hundred and 

 fifty in 1863 ; and from one great professor the number has 

 grown to twelve. 



Such is a brief sketch of the earlier history of the institute at 

 Hohenheim. Let us look for a moment to its present position 

 and prospects. 



The domain consists of about 825 acres, not including a vast 

 forest of over 5,000 acres, belonging to the government. The 

 government exercises a controlling influence in the general 

 management of the institute, and the reports and financial 

 standing of the establishment are made to the proper authori- 

 ties at Stuttgart. But at Hohenheim, the institute, as well as 

 the farm with all its branches and dependencies, is under the 

 immediate control of the director, who has an assistant, or sec- 

 retary, also a farm assistant, who acts also as a tutor in the 

 institute. There is also a treasurer and a book-keeper, a libra- 

 rian, who assists in the office, an overseer in the institute, a 

 house-master and a post-master. The director, at present von 

 Walz, is also head teacher of agriculture, and lectures upon 

 agricultural practice, taxation of property, special plant cul- 

 ture and agricultural architecture. 



There are nine established professors, as follows : — 



Dr. Riecke, professor of mathematics and physics. 



Karl Siemens, professor of agricultural technology and heaci 

 director of the implement manufactory. 



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